RCMP are asking the public to pick their apples and clean up their yards.
Bears have been wandering into the community in search of an easy meal, and apples hanging from trees, garbage left outside and other easy snacks for bears is not helping the problem.
There are a lot of trees in the community loaded down with fruit, and the RCMP would like homeowners to pick the fruit to help keep the bears at bay.
One sow and her three cubs has been seen in the Douglas Road area a couple of times already, with RCMP managing to scare them off so far.
Unfortunately, no conservation officers are available at the moment, and so trapping and relocating options are also not possible.
Therefore, any bears which do become a hazard by being drawn into the community will have to be destroyed.