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	<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:36:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Grizzly Mauls Man in Alberta- CBC news</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:36:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Updated: Saturday, August 16, 2008 &#124; 11:13 PM ET Comments50 &#60;http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2008/08/16/grizzly-mauling.html#socialcomments&#62; Recommend27 &#60;http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2008/08/16/grizzly-mauling.html#&#62;
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A grizzly bear mauled and seriously injured a man in Alberta on Saturday.
RCMP said the man was hiking in the bush northeast of Cadomin early in the morning when he was attacked. They said he had not spotted the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shell Suspends Drilling in the Klappan Valley-Sacred Headwaters of Three Major Salmon Rivers</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 06:49:15 +0000</pubDate>
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Shell suspends drilling
Published: August 13, 2008 8:00 AM 

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by Interior News, Smithers
Shell Canada has suspended drilling in the Klappan Valley to allow for further environmental reviews and consultations with stakeholders.
“This is a voluntary suspension of our plans,” said Shell spokesperson Laurieanne Lynne. “We’re not going to undertake any drilling for the remainder of 2008, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grizzly Cubs Fine on their own in the wild-BC Rehab</title>
		<link>http://www.bearmatters.com/archives/531</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 06:36:34 +0000</pubDate>
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 Koda and Espen are six-month old grizzly cubs, newly admitted to The Northern Lights Wildlife Society Animal Shelter. The cubs will stay at the shelter for one year for rehabilitation until they are fit to return to the wild.
Submitted photo

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		<title>Whistler Bear News- Aug. 15, 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.bearmatters.com/archives/529</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:10:53 +0000</pubDate>
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PHOTO BY SYLVIA DOLSON/SPECIAL TO THE QUESTION
BLACK (BEAR) MONDAY




Fitz, a large male member of Whistler&#8217;s black bear population, was killed by conservation officers on Monday (Aug. 11). Fitz was one of three bears shot in the past week after they were deemed public safety threats.

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		<title>Lax Garbage Pick-Up Blamed for BC Bear Incidents</title>
		<link>http://www.bearmatters.com/archives/528</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:25:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2008/08/08/bc-bears-garbage.html


Last Updated: Friday, August 8, 2008 &#124; Police officers stand next to the body of a bear they shot in a Coquitlam, B.C., yard on Wednesday. (CBC)A Coquitlam councillor has taken aim at the company that collects the city&#8217;s trash, claiming its lax performance has led to two incidents involving hungry bears in the past [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weekend Death Toll High for Bears-Alberta</title>
		<link>http://www.bearmatters.com/archives/527</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:56:35 +0000</pubDate>
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Published: August 07, 2008 8:00 AM 
Updated: August 07, 2008 8:31 AM AMANDA FOLLETT AND CATHY ELLIS BOW VALLEY
This year&#8217;s August long weekend was the deadliest on record for bears in the region with at least three killed by trains and vehicles in Banff and Kananaskis.
In Banff National Park, a medium sized adult black bear [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Protesters Block Jumbo Glacier Construction-BC</title>
		<link>http://www.bearmatters.com/archives/526</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:32:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dean Bassett The Canadian Press
August 6, 2008 at 5:37 AM EDT
FARNHAM GLACIER — Residents blocking a construction project near Invermere say they&#8217;ll stay put until a controversial development near West Farnham Glacier receives permits and a signed development plan from the province.  Protesters stopped road-building equipment about 50 kilometres from Invermere along a forest service [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Garbage Seals Fate of Two Bear Cubs-BC</title>
		<link>http://www.bearmatters.com/archives/525</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:06:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gillian Riddell, Westerly News, Westerly News
Published: Thursday, July 31, 2008
Conservation officers have made the difficult decision to destroy two young bear cubs that became garbage conditioned and unafraid of humans after one of the two tried to break into a home just outside Ucluelet.
Jeff Tyre, with the provincial conservation service, confirmed a female cub was trapped [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BC Hunter Fined $11,000 for Killing Female Grizzly Illegally</title>
		<link>http://www.bearmatters.com/archives/524</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:09:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Hunter fined $11,000 for illegally killing bear&#8221; 
 Four years ago, Williams Lake hunter Don Hunka shot a female grizzly bear and left it to die on the banks of the Atnarko River in Tweedsmuir South Provincial Park. 
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080730.BCBRIEFS30-2/EmailTPStory/TPNational  
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		<title>End of Wilderness: Bears Starve as Poachers Pillage Russia&#8217;s Wealth of Salmon</title>
		<link>http://www.bearmatters.com/archives/523</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:05:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Remote Kamchatka faces ecological meltdown as fish stocks are obliterated


A grizzly bear fishes for salmon. Photograph: Daisy Gilardini/Alamy
Sitting in his snug log cabin next to the swirling Bystraya river, Alexander explained when he went fishing.&#8221;Sometimes we do in the day. Sometimes we do it at night. There&#8217;s no set time,&#8221; he admitted, passing round a [...]]]></description>
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