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By The Canadian Press

Moose on the Loose

Moose smashes into Fort St. John school board office Wednesday

Sep 12, 2019 | 4:06 PM

FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. – A moose that may have had a yearning for learning smashed its way into the Peace River North School District office in Fort St. John, B.C.

Jarrod Bell, a director of instruction in the district, says it was just before closing on Wednesday when he heard what sounded like an entire band of cymbal players falling down the stairs.

Instead, he came out of his office to see a young moose in the building’s foyer that had crashed through the glass front door.

He says several employees called police and the Conservation Officer Service, and both services needed some convincing that they actually had a moose intruder in the office.

Bell says the district’s superintendent walked around the outside building to open a back door and the moose “made a dash for it.”

He says a conservation officer later told them that this is the time of year when moose mothers tell their teenage offspring that it’s time to go earn their own living.