North Shore Acupressure

04/07/2024

Erythronium revolutum (pink fawn lily) in a park in my neighbourhood and Erythronium oregonum or montanum, not sure which species at Surrey Bend park

12/03/2022

I understand this even more now that I have a new young dog learning to follow tracks in the forest!

Something we see regularly, daily in fact is dogs pulled away from an interesting sniff. It's commonplace to see dogs secondary to phones or just a human forward march. It's sad to see and quite unfair. Sniffing is so vitally important for dogs. Their sensitive nose is amazing and the experience the...

05/01/2022

Teo and I just finished level 2 training today. I won't call it obedience any more, as training has changed so much of late, more like learning how to encourage the dog's best and most pleasing behavior, with me learning lots of new handling skills. (with this big rambunctious energetic boy, I will expect another year of dedicated training to get to what I expect as the minimum level of acceptability!) I am still hoping to be able to get into the Covid sniffing dog program at some point.

11/11/2021

https://www.change.org/p/honourable-katrine-conroy-conservations-officers-need-to-stop-killing-bears-and-start-doinng-enforcements

Conservations Officers Need to Stop killing bears, and start doinng enforcements

09/26/2021

Many communities throughout Canada are using Nextdoor to strengthen their neighbourhoods.

09/19/2021

Rain or shine, it is normal to see bears during the day. Black bears aren't nocturnal. Healthy mature male bears often secure the best home ranges. Preferred habitats are away from people, safe and abundant with food. These dominant bears also secure the best time slot to be most active - at night when people are mostly sleeping. This pressures vulnerable bears to be most active during the day in an effort to avoid males who are a danger, especially to cubs and young bears. The bears we typically see travelling through residential areas or on local trails are older bears, females with cubs, young bears living independently of mom and those seeking a place to rest injuries.

Bears are not in our community to harm us and data shows that bears are regularly active in neighbourhoods without incident. However, we must make efforts to never approach or feed bears. Bears will be killed for supplementing their natural diet with anything we leave available to them. Bears can be taught and we can do better, being killed for our carelessness and lack of respect is unforgivable.

Far too many residents across the North Shore (and beyond) are making no effort to reduce bear activity close to homes. We need your help sharing education with neighbours, friends and family. Let them know about our new website which supports residents with attractant management, bear behaviour, the best practices for trail use, bear spray and so much more!

northshorebears.com

📷 Sunflower, North Vancouver, 2021

04/28/2021

Every year, bears find food from fridges, freezers and coolers outside homes on the North Shore...and this year is no exception.

🐟 Bears that find food in the neighbourhood are at risk of being killed, which is exactly what happened in April 2019 in West Vancouver when a bear ate from an outdoor freezer.

🥩 Please do all you can to secure food from bears, their life depends on it! Feeding bears intentionally or unintentionally is against law. The District of North and West Vancouver both have bylaws for wildlife attractants on properties.

🌽 Please be proactive and secure these items before a bear visits!

🐻📷 Tony Joyce Photography

04/24/2021

You can help stop Cermaq from dumping toxic fish farm pesticides in the ocean near Tofino. Sign this petition asking the BC Environment Ministry to deny Cermaq's new pesticide permit.