As reports of bear spray attacks increase across Saskatchewan, so does frustration from residents. Calls are mounting for municipal governments to impose regulations on sales.
Due to the sensitive and/or legal subject matter of some of the content on globalnews.ca, we reserve the ability to disable comments from time to time.Calls are mounting for provincial and municipal governments to impose regulations on the sale of bear spray , which is currently only limited by age.
In the past, cities like Edmonton and Vancouver have implemented bylaws addressing bear spray due to attacks increasing. Both cities did so at the request of their respective police chiefs, who supported the additional regulations.Classic truck destroyed by suspicious fire in ChilliwackASIRT clears the officers involved in 2020 Fort McMurray arrest of Chief Allan Adam
Bear spray is also known as oleoresin capsaicin spray. Designed to deter bears as a means of last resort, the spray causes severe pain and discomfort to any who come into contact with it. It is non-lethal but can disable many people if used in a crowded area such as a bus or food court. “That is something that the SACP has said to the government this year and in previous years, is that if there were tighter controls at the point of sale, that that would help us,”
The Saskatoon Police Service said in a statement that as of Dec. 13, there have been 315 incidents this year where “Bear Spray or other burning liquid was the most serious weapon present.”“In 2023, there were 256 incidents,” the statement said. “This data only where bear spray or other burning liquid is the most serious weapon present . Also worth noting is that this does not include incidents where more serious weapons such as guns were present.
“The police chief has been pretty clear that he really supports a different way forward to make sure that we can at least identify where the sourcing is, where people are purchasing it,” Block said.”
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