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Students at central Nanaimo school kept indoors due to bear sighting

B.C. Conservation en route to Coal Tyee school, says Nanaimo school district
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There have been reports of a bear near Coal Tyee Elementary School. (Black Press file)

Students, teachers and staff have been advised to remain indoors at a central Nanaimo school after a bear was reported in the area.

According to a tweet from Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools, Coal Tyee Elementary School has entered into a shelter-in-place due to the sighting and B.C. Conservation is en route.

The school also entered into shelters-in-place, due to bear sightings, on June 11 and 12, but both times, they were lifted.

Under a shelter-in-place, students and staff are kept inside, but the school isn’t locked down, according to the district.

Everyone will remain indoors until the area is assessed, the school district said.

A call to the B.C. Ministry of Environment was not returned.



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After interning at Vancouver Metro free daily newspaper, I joined Black Press in 2010.
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