Slave Lake sees bear activity spike in 2019

Sep 6, 2019 | 9:08 AM

A town in northern Alberta says bear-related complaints are skyrocketing.

Fish and Wildlife officials in Slave Lake have received 166 bear-related complaints so far this year.

They got just 59 in all of 2018.

Bears have been seen in backyards, sports fields and knocking down apples right near people’s homes.