Food ban in effect at 3 Coquitlam parks with at least 20 recent bear sightings – BC | Globalnews.ca
With more than 20 bear sightings since June, the City of Coquitlam has enacted a temporary ban on bringing any food into three local parks. Picnics, snacks and garbage are now banned in at the Hockaday, Galette and Karley Crescent parks along the Coquitlam River as safety measure both for humans and the hungry black bears. “The bears have been taking people’s picnics and…