Time: Shortly before 1pm
Location: SW corner Hwy 97 and Skagit Avenue –  Oliver
Conservation Officers called on a report of a bear in the neighbourhood.
Bears are being driven out of the nearby hills by fire.
This young cub fled up a tree and was sedated. RCMP and Oliver Fire Department on scene to assist.
Once the sedation wore off the cub fell into a large hedge and re-sedated. Taken away.
Damage: One fire hydrant broken by a truck.

Photo below – Gale Kleckner