BOB BARKER GIVES COUPLE $50K TO HELP ORPHANED BEAR CUBS

Former television game show host and animal rights advocate Bob Barker, pictured, is providing $50,000 to a Manitoba couple who want to build the province’s first black bear cub rehabilitation centre. The former star of The Price Is Right is extending money from his foundation to Judy and Roger Stearns, who plan to set up the centre on their property near Stonewall, about 40 kilometres north of Winnipeg. Judy Stearns says she and her husband, along with volunteers, hope to take in orphaned cubs and care for the animals until they reach about 36 kilograms and are ready for release into the wild. Stearns says thanks to Barker’s generous contribution, along with assistance from Zoocheck Canada, they can make the centre larger than originally planned. It could be running by next spring.