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What We Love: VanIsle Grizzlies

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  • April 25, 2022
  • VanIsle.News Staff
The grizzlies are here. And they are welcome.

There’s a myth that there are no grizzlies on Vancouver Island. NorthIsle.News begs to differ. A photographer captured a grizzly bear in the NorthIsle.

We covered this and you can read more here: What Happens When the Government Claims A Giant Predator Doesn’t Live Here, But People Keep Seeing Them?

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