A bear that injured a hiker in the Crowsnest Pass acted defensively and won’t be trapped or destroyed, a provincial wildlife officer said Wednesday. On Friday, a Calgary man in his 40s who was hiking alone in the Window Mountain area northwest of Blairmore was attacked by a bear,

A 74-year-old Colorado man was injured in his home by a black bear after the animal and its three cubs opened a partially cracked sliding glass door, authorities said.

A 74-year-old Colorado man has suffered "significant" claw injuries after being attacked by a black bear who entered his home in Lake City, officials say.

Wildlife authorities said the man, aged 74, attempted to shoo the adult female bear away using a kitchen chair but was knocked into a wall and injured by the bear's claws. The bear clawed at the man's head,