Three schoolchildren and an adult were seriously injured in a grizzly bear attack during a field trip near the Bella Coola River. The bear emerged while the group was having lunch, leading to chaos as a teacher attempted to use bear spray to protect the students. Four individuals remain hospitalized, two critically, while authorities conducted a search for the bear, which was not found. The incident raises concerns about increasing bear encounters in the region following a hunting ban in 2017.
