Police Kill Polar Bear Exhibiting Stalking Behaviour Near Northern Ontario First Nation School

A polar bear treating a Northern Ontario First Nation as its hunting ground was put down by police and local hunters after they determined it could be stalking area children. Members of the Nishnawbe Aski Police Service received a call earlier this month about a polar bear exhibiting “abnormal behaviours” in Weenusk First Nation, a remote community in Peawanuck, police said in a March 27 press release. The polar bear was spotted on the Cree first nation located roughly 30 kilometres south of Hudson Bay during the afternoon hours of March 13. When officers arrived on the scene, they discovered “large bear paw prints” near the schoolyard. They received a second call that the bear had been spotted in another area of the community....