calls the Great Bear Rainforest "the planet's last large expanse of coastal temperate rain forest." Stretching for more than 250 miles along the coast of British Columbia, the 21-million-acre ...

A British Columbia man was airlifted to ... to defend himself with his firearm and the bear ran off," while his father called for help, Elk Valley RCMP said in a news release Friday morning.

Jason Moody with the Nuxalk Nation's fisheries and wildlife program said the research shows ecotourism done right is not a driving factor in conflict between bears and humans.