Environment · 2026-11-04 · Morning briefing

Canada: One dead, one missing in suspected grizzly attack

A woman has been found dead and her 19-year-old daughter is missing in western Canada following a suspected grizzly bear attack. The British Columbia conservation officer service discovered the mother's body on Sunday near Bella Coola, a coastal community of about 2,100 people, after the pair were reported missing over the weekend. The search for the daughter is ongoing in the Snooka West trail area, roughly 8km east of the town.

The incident occurred in the same community where a grizzly attacked a school group last November, injuring 11 people, some as young as nine. Samuel Schooner, the elected chief of the Nuxalk Nation, said the attack would inflict trauma not only on the victims' family but also on those affected by the previous event. Grizzly attacks in the province are considered exceedingly rare.

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• Two dead in suspected grizzly bear attack near Bella Coola, BC
• Grizzly bear 'attack' leaves one dead and one missing in British Columbia
• One dead and another missing in suspected grizzly bear attack in Canada
• One dead, and one is missing after suspected grizzly bear attack in B.C.
• Suspected fatal grizzly bear attack in Bella Coola

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