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CTV News
a day ago
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- CTV News
‘Sky's the limit as long as we work together': Squamish Nation, province reach land agreement
The province and the Squamish Nation have signed an agreement that they say will guide forest stewardship in the Sea to Sky region.
CTV News
2 days ago
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- CTV News
B.C. and Squamish Nation sign land use deal
B.C. and Squamish Nation sign land use deal The province and the Squamish Nation have signed an agreement that they say will guide forest stewardship in the Sea to Sky region.
CBC
3 days ago
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Aggressive cougars shut down biking trails in Whistler, B.C., area
Social Sharing More cougar sightings in B.C.'s Sea-to-Sky region have led to trail closures in the resort municipality of Whistler and in the Garibaldi Lake area. After a cougar sighting went viral a little under two weeks ago, leading the popular Rubble Creek trail near Garibaldi Lake to be closed, sightings of aggressive cougars have been reported in the Whistler ski resort itself. The sightings, which happened on Thursday and Friday, have led to the closures of the Ascent hiking trail and all biking trails on Blackcomb Mountain until further notice. The Singing Pass trail area of Garibaldi Park in Whistler was also closed Wednesday evening due to the aggressive cougars. WATCH | Hikers capture cougar encounter on Rubble Creek trail: Hikers capture video of cougar encounter on popular B.C. trail 14 days ago Duration 0:15 In a video posted to TikTok, Max Stobbe and his hiking partner Margaux Cohen encounter a cougar near the popular Garibaldi Lake trail in B.C.'s Sea-to-Sky region. B.C. Parks has since closed the Rubble Creek trail for a week due to the "aggressive behaviour" of cougars. "The latest report follows multiple incidents over the last several weeks of two cougars acting aggressively in the Whistler area, including chasing, stalking and being in close proximity to mountain bikers and hikers," the B.C. Conservation Officer Services said Wednesday in a statement. "[Conservation officers] are continuing to monitor and assess cougar activity and will respond as necessary to ensure public safety." Adam Mercer, the senior manager of the Ski Patrol at Whistler Blackcomb resort, said it wasn't unusual for tourists to encounter black bears, marmots and other wildlife while out hiking or biking on the trails. "I've been here for decades, and we do see cougars transit the area," he said. "And so I wouldn't say it's unusual, but it's not as common as the bear encounters." Cougars being sighted on a regular basis is rare, according to Julie Thomas, a PhD student at the University of Northern B.C. who studies cougar ecology. "The cougars are certainly there, but they're incredibly elusive and shy around people," she said. Thomas said she has a few theories on why people are seeing more cougars in the Sea-to-Sky region, including human encroachment into the predators' natural habitats. She also says the cougars may be young and still trying to establish new territory for themselves, and they could still be figuring out what is prey and what isn't. "They might have these kinds of brief altercations with people ... where they're kind of just investigating humans," she said. "The other possibility is that the cougar... is sick or starving or injured," she added. Conservation officers are asking people to travel in groups while out in the backcountry to be safe, and carry bear spray if possible. They also say that people shouldn't make sudden movements if they encounter a cougar, and they should make themselves loud and back away slowly if they see one. In the event of an attack, people are advised to fight back by focusing on the cougar's face and eyes.
Yahoo
14-06-2025
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Trail near Garibaldi Lake closed after hikers have scary cougar encounter
B.C. Parks has shut down a popular hiking trail in the Sea-to-Sky region after two hikers' video of a cougar encounter went viral. Margaux Cohen and her hiking partner Max Stobbe were walking along the Rubble Creek trail on Sunday morning, near the popular Garibaldi Lake about 70 kilometres north of Vancouver, when Cohen realized she was only two or three feet from a large cat. "I screamed a little bit and I told Max, 'Oh my God, there's a cougar right in front of me. Back away,'" she told CBC News. "So we started to back away. I got pretty scared, so I gave my bear spray to Max."Stobbe then captured video of the cougar standing quite close to the couple, and said the cat wouldn't back away for a long time. "We're stuck on the trail there for about 45 minutes because he wouldn't let us pass," he said. "We just waited until there's about 15 more people that came up behind us and there's enough people to finally spook them," he added. Now, B.C. Parks has shut down the trail until at least June 17 to ensure public safety, saying they responded to multiple cougar sightings on Sunday and Monday. "Campers and hikers were safely escorted out of the area by [conservation officers] due to the aggressive behaviour of these cougars," a spokesperson for the Environment Ministry said on Tuesday. "COs remain in the area today to monitor and assess cougar activity." The spokesperson said any other aggressive cougar behaviour should be reported to their hotline. 'I've always heard horror stories' Jesse Zeman from the B.C. Wildlife Federation said that the cougar's behaviour in Stobbe's video is highly unusual, and the large cats normally try and avoid people. "What everybody hopes is the animals just move on," he said. "And that's the end of this. "But I think if that behaviour continues, then you know, there's something's going to have to be done in that area." Zeman encourages hikers to travel in large groups, carry bear spray and make loud noises to encourage cougars to move on. Cohen and Stobbe say they yelled at the cougar, but the animal continued to keep its eye on them during the encounter. "It was, like, too close for my liking. And I had never seen a cougar before," Cohen said. "We've seen a lot of bears together because we hike a lot and like, I'm not really scared of bears — but I've always heard horror stories about cougars' attack." But the hikers say the encounter won't deter them from hiking the backcountry again this weekend. "It's the mountains, right? You never know. There's always going to be wildlife," Cohen said. "I guess you just have to, you know, be careful."
Irish Times
13-06-2025
- Business
- Irish Times
What will €175,000 buy you in France, Portugal, Italy, Greece and Longford?
Ireland: Longford 1 Midara Gardens, Ardnacassa, Longford Inspired by American ranch-style homes, this 1972-built, four-bedroom, two-bathroom system-built bungalow features prefabricated components and is in need of modernisation. It has a D1 Ber rating and extends to 112sq m (1,205sq ft). It is within a few minutes' walk of shops and has easy access to the Dublin Road. Price: €175,000 Agent: Sherry FitzGerald Quinn France, Brittany, Côtes-d'Armor, Gausson France: Brittany While semidetached, this smartly appointed four-bedroom, two-bathroom, semi-longère in Gausson offers great privacy and comes with a terrace and back garden. There's an open-plan living area and bedroom on the ground floor, and three further bedrooms and a study on the first floor. It measures 124sq metres (1334sq ft) and is a 13-minute drive to Loudèac and 25 minutes from Saint-Brieuc. Price: €179,500. Agent: Leggett READ MORE Portugal, Algarve, Silves Portugal: Silves This merchant house has been converted into a series of apartments and studios, retaining its lovely original features and adding stylish contemporary ones such as hand-painted tiles in jewel colours in the bathrooms and stone steps. Located in the heart of the town, just steps from the Roman bridge, this studio space measures about 45sq m (484sq ft). Price: €180,000. Agent: Sea to Sky Italy, Tuscany, Lucca, Pietrasanta Italy: Pietras anta About a kilometre east of Pietrasanta, the Tuscan town known as Little Athens on account of its collection of artists' studios and galleries, this four-bedroom, two-bathroom semidetached house of 150sq m (1614sq ft) can be found. In need of modernisation, laid out over three floors with a small outdoor terrace, it is only 3km from the ritzy resort of Marina di Pietrasanta on the Versilia coast, a view you can see when the haze lifts. Price: €190,000 Agent: Fondocasa Greece, Dodecanese, Nisiros, Nikia Greece: Nikia Near Porta, the central square of the inland town of Nikia on the island of Nisiros is a sympathetically renovated two-bedroom, one bathroom house that extends to 80sq m (861sq ft). Directly accessible on foot only, it has a courtyard on each side of the house and is set out on a sloping site over two floors with the bedrooms on the cooler, lower floor and the kitchen and livingroom on the higher level. Price: €195,000 Agent: Phos Properties
