Woman injured after bear attack in park outside Whistler: B.C. conservation officers

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• SourceCastanet Kamloops
• Original URLhttps://castanet.net/edition/news-story-630400-3-.htm
• Canonical URLhttps://www.castanet.net/news/BC/630400/Woman-injured-after-bear-attack-in-park-outside-Whistler-B-C-conservation-officers
• Publish dateSep 5, 2026
• First indexedSep 5, 2026 1:00 pm PDT
• Last checkedSep 5, 2026 1:15 pm PDT
• Current statusavailable (HTTP 200)
• DescriptionA woman was taken to hospital after a bear attack in the backcountry outside Whistler.

Assigned Topics

• Arson investigations & suspicious fires — Kamloops (2026)

• B.C. Conservative Party leadership and caucus divisions

• Kamloops Search and Rescue operations & missing-person incidents

• Wildlife attacks & dangerous wildlife incidents — Thompson-Nicola region

Stories in this roundup

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• regional Woman injured in bear attack at Callaghan Lake Provincial Park outside Whistler · indexed on Wildlife attacks & dangerous wildlife incidents — Thompson-Nicola region
  A woman was attacked by a bear near a lake in Callaghan Lake Provincial Park north of Whistler on Friday evening and was airlifted to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries; B.C. Conservation Officers subsequently killed an adult male black bear over safety concerns.
• regional Missing skyrunner Kalie McCrystal from Squamish presumed dead on Matterhorn
  Athletics Canada reports that member Kalie McCrystal, a skyrunner and mountaineer from Squamish, B.C., went missing on Tuesday while attempting to break a mountain-running record on Italy's Matterhorn.
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• regional Missing hiker Stanislav Volo found alive near Squamish · indexed on Kamloops Search and Rescue operations & missing-person incidents
  Stanislav Volo, who went missing after taking the Sea to Sky Gondola on August 30, was located alive on the Indian Arm FSR and transported to hospital with minor injuries after six days of search efforts.
• provincial B.C. Health Minister Ravi Kahlon promises 'reset' on overdose prevention sites
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• regional 29-year-old arrested for arson along Highway 99 between Whistler and Squamish · indexed on Arson investigations & suspicious fires — Kamloops (2026)
  RCMP arrested a 29-year-old man after three suspicious fires occurred in the early hours of August 22 along Highway 99 between Whistler and Squamish, all declared out by BC Wildfire Service.
• provincial Wildfire activity update: 140 fires burning across B.C., recent rain suppressing activity
  BC Wildfire Service reports approximately 140 wildfires burning across the province with recent rain suppressing fire activity and about 118 fires declared out in the past week.
• local Kamloops-Centre MLA Peter Milobar's new party grows to five MLAs · indexed on B.C. Conservative Party leadership and caucus divisions
  Kamloops-Centre MLA Peter Milobar's unnamed political party has grown to five members after three former B.C. Conservatives joined, with Milobar serving as interim leader until an October 5 leadership vote.

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• Sep 5, 2026 1:15 pm PDT available · HTTP 200 · → https://www.castanet.net/edition/news-story-630400-3-.htm

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