By Canadian Press

Three people in hospital after polar bear attack near Nunavut community

Aug 11, 2021 | 9:31 AM

IQALUIT, Nunavut — Three people are in hospital after they were attacked by a polar bear in Nunavut’s Baffin region.

RCMP say the three were badly injured but are expected to recover.

Officers were dispatched to a report of the attack near some cabins yesterday afternoon outside Sanirajak, a community of abut 850 people. 

They were told three people had been taken to the local health centre. 

Two women were later airlifted to the hospital in Iqaluit and a man was flown to a hospital in Ottawa.

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RCMP say the polar bear was found dead at the site of the attack and transported to the wildlife office. 

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 11, 2021.

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