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Door-to-door pickups, students restricted to grounds amid search for bear in B.C.
About 20 students and teachers return to fenced school grounds after a grizzly attack that injured four, as two bears are captured for possible DNA testing.
- On November 25, 2025, students returned to Acwsalcta School in Bella Coola under added safety measures as the independent school run by Nuxalk First Nation welcomed students and teachers.
- The attack near 4 Mile has focused authorities on locating a mother grizzly and two cubs believed to have attacked about 20 people last Thursday, injuring four.
- Conservation officers captured two bears and may conduct DNA testing on one, while students were confined to fenced play areas and school bus provided door-to-door service.
- Calls to reinstate a trophy grizzly hunt have emerged, but B.C. Environment Minister Tamara Davidson said it was never a population management tool and stressed community safety is the immediate focus.
- Officials said the attack underscores that people and wildlife share the outdoors, and Brittany Hughes, school principal , said the school understands if families are not ready to send children back.
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Door-to-door pickups, students restricted to grounds amid search for bear in B.C.
Students were allowed back to school today in Bella Coola, B.C., where a bear attacked a group of students and teachers last week, but the kids couldn’t leave the grounds and the bus was doing door-to-door service.
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