Overview
- Conservation officer teams rotated through the night in the Bella Coola area as an RCMP aircraft scanned with thermal imaging cameras.
- Officials believe a female grizzly with two cubs was involved, and they have asked residents not to enter the woods or join search efforts.
- Three students and one teacher were hospitalized after the Thursday attack on a field trip group of about 20 during lunch.
- A Nuxalk Nation GoFundMe raised nearly $40,000 within a day to support injured families, with a cultural fire continuing outside the youth centre.
- Investigators plan to confirm bear involvement through DNA where possible, and any captured animals will be evaluated with biologists and the provincial veterinarian to determine next steps.