{"id":76987,"date":"2025-09-18T14:29:37","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T18:29:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=76987"},"modified":"2025-09-18T14:29:37","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T18:29:37","slug":"opp-north-west-region-stay-alert-and-be-bear-wise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/18\/opp-north-west-region-stay-alert-and-be-bear-wise\/","title":{"rendered":"OPP North West Region &#8211; Stay Alert and Be &#8216;Bear Wise&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-18-at-14.24.11.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-76986\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-18-at-14.24.11-300x170.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-18-at-14.24.11-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-18-at-14.24.11-600x340.png 600w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-18-at-14.24.11-768x435.png 768w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-18-at-14.24.11.png 946w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>As bears prepare for hibernation, sightings and encounters are increasing in both rural and urban areas across North West Region. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><strong>Stay alert and stay Bear Wise with these tips to help reduce your risk:<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">Make noise on trails to avoid surprising a bear<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">Hike or travel in groups whenever possible<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">Avoid food sources bears frequent, like berry patches, garbage sites, or locations where animal remains may be present<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">Store garbage in bear-resistant containers or indoors until collection day<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">Carry bear spray and know how to use it<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">Keep your pets leashed on trails or in open yards &#8211; unleashed dogs can surprise bears and running back to their owners can create a chase response. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">If you encounter a bear:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">Remain calm, do not run, back away slowly and steadily<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">If the bear approaches, make yourself look larger and make noise<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">In the rare event of a predatory attack, fight back. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><strong>If you are in immediate danger or encounter an aggressive bear call 911.<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">For non-emergency encounters, contact Bear Wise at 1-866-514-2327 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">Learn more: <\/span><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-qlhcfr r-19qo34d r-qvk6io r-orgf3d r-u8s1d\" aria-hidden=\"true\">http:\/\/<\/span>Ontario.ca\/BearWise<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As bears prepare for hibernation, sightings and encounters are increasing in both rural and urban areas across North West Region. Stay alert and stay Bear Wise with these tips to help reduce your risk: Make noise on trails to avoid surprising a bear Hike or travel in groups whenever possible Avoid food sources bears frequent, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":76986,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-northern-ontario"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-03 21:14:31","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76987"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76987\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76988,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76987\/revisions\/76988"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}