Bear Family Spotted in River Springs, Coquitlam

A mother bear and her three cubs are spotted near the intersection of Hornby Street and Georgeson Avenue, walking down Hornby to assumingly forage for left-out garbage. Photo taken on October 12th, 2021, by Kyron Beaton.

The three cubs arrived in front of a residency twenty minutes later on Savary Avenue, their mother not too far from them. Photo taken on October 12th, 2021, by Kyron Beaton.

The sow and her cubs make their way towards a forest just at the end of Savary Avenue, appearing outside of yet another residency. Photo taken on October 12th, 2021, by Kyron Beaton.

The forest at the end of Savary Avenue, frequently used by both wildlife and humans, where the family of bears had went in the direction of in order to avoid being in the sights of terrified residents. Photo taken on November 3rd, 2021, by Kyron Beaton.

The Coquitlam River, which is just a little further into the forest, is currently in the midst of a salmon run, and was assumingly where the bears then went to in order to hunt for fish. Photo taken on November 3rd, 2021, by Kyron Beaton.

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FOI Request

Kyron Beaton Journalism Student Kwantlen Polytechnic University 12666 72nd Avenue Surrey, B.C. V7M 3H9 October 28, 2021 Jacqualine Griggs Kamloops Fire Center B.C. Wildfire Services Airport Rd. Kamloops, B.C. V2B 7X2 Dear Ms. Griggs, Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to request the following: In electronic database format, from the years 2000 to 2021, within Zones K2 through K7, a raw count of suspicious fire reports that escalated to a police investigation. I request that the data collected is put into an electronic worksheet format (i.e.: .xmlx, .cml, .csv). The reason for this is so that I am able to more easily work with the raw data for my research. Please refer to my email and phone number below for further contact. Thank you for your time in reading this email, and I look forward to hearing back from you. Sincerely, Kyron Beaton 778-835-3271 kyronbeaton@gmail.com FOI Explanation: According to my raw data I collected from my data analysis class, there were 2...

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