Grizzly bear death prompts call for changes to Wildlife Act

The owner of an Indigenous tour company based on the north end of Vancouver Island is calling for changes to the way the BC Conservation Officer Service operates after a grizzly bear was killed on the North Coast last week. Mike Willie, owner of Sea Wolf Adventures, says a resident of the small village of Kingcome shot and killed a bear named Gatu on Friday, because the bear was getting too close for comfort. "There's a threshold where it becomes a little bit too scary," he said, noting that the