Bears, Beer, and Queers: Just Another Canadian Summer

According to the CBC, Police in British Columbia have broken up a marijuana grow-up operation approximately 350-km outside Vancouver.  BC-bud is hardly a new thing in the province.  What is unique, is that the grow-up was being "guarded" by a family of ten bears!

RCMP offices determined that the bears had been living on the property for some time and being used by the grow-up operators to prevent others from stealing the pot-plants.  CBC News reports:

"[Officers] soon noticed the bears were docile and tame," Mansveld told CBC News. "One of them jumped on our unmarked car for a while. But it soon became apparent they were habituated to the grow operation."

In Canada, unlike its American neighbour to the south, which is suffering from the fallout of the Great Recession, the failures of the Bush Administration's Middle East wars, and the toxic Culture-wars promoted by right-wing loons, the country is relatively well off.  So it's no surprise when the Canadian news is filled with bears, beer, and Justin Bieber sightings!  The latter I'm told is the most dangerous to social well being if you're in the company of tweenies.