HOW DID OUR MOMS SURVIVE THE BEARS?

Re: Numerous sightings spur bear warnings, Sept. 11

I have photographs from the late 1940s showing both my wife’s mother and my mother getting far too friendly with bears in Banff. How times have changed!

With everything we have learned about bear safety since then, we are astonished that our mothers managed to make it out of their teens, given the way they played with the wildlife back in the day. Rick and Sharren Patterson, Calgary