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Police and conservation officers were on the scene at Victoria Avenue and Montreal Street, just east of downtown Regina, after a bear was spotted in the area.
Bear ended up in tree at Victoria Avenue and Montreal Street
Hannah Spray · CBC News
· Posted: May 12, 2025 9:54 AM EDT | Last Updated: 9 minutes ago
Bear lies on residential Regina street after being tranquilized
A bear was tranquilized on May 12, 2025, after it was spotted near downtown Regina. The bear was in a tree at Victoria Avenue and Montreal Street, near Thomson Community School.
A bear was tranquilized after it was wandering near downtown Regina Monday morning.
The bear was first spotted in the 2500 block of Wallace Street, said Staff Sgt. Jason Gunderson with the Regina police.
Then the small, cinnamon-coloured black bear made its way to Victoria Avenue and Montreal Street, near Thomson Community School, where it climbed a tree.
Police officers, firefighters and conservation officers were at the scene around 6:30 a.m. CST.
After the bear was tranquilized, it was loaded into a truck and will be transported to the Fort Qu’Appelle area later today, CBC News was told at the scene.
Regina resident Christopher Wesaquate saw what appears to have been the same bear earlier, around 3 a.m. CST Monday, when he was driving home on Ring Road in south Regina.
“It was running to the University of Regina so I pulled over and recorded the bear, then I drove to the U of R and the bear was walking around the university,” he said.
It’s about four and a half kilometres from the university to the area where the bear was tranquilized.
According to Saskatchewan Environment, black bears are generally found throughout the province’s northern forests and parkland, and in isolated areas of suitable habitat.
“Black bears are often secretive and generally avoid people. However, as exceptionally food-motivated animals they may wander into areas people frequent in search of food, especially in years where natural food sources are limited,” the ministry says on its website.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Hannah Spray is a reporter and editor for CBC Saskatoon. She began her journalism career at a newspaper in her hometown of Meadow Lake, Sask., moving on to Fort St. John, B.C., and then to the Saskatoon StarPhoenix.
