Bear spray incidents on the rise

Despite provincial legislation designed to keep a lid on bear spray related assaults, incidents still remain a big problem for communities across the province.

In Prince Albert, between Jan. 1 and Aug. 18 of this year, police responded to a total of 96 reported cases. However, while there have been issues in past years at the annual summer fair, the security company in charge this year reported there were no incidents.

In comparison, between January and July, Saskatoon police responded to 175 incidents, but they did advise July’s numbers were not yet complete.

(Image Credit: Submitted/ Saskatoon Police Service)