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  • Here's what it looks like to get slapped by a baby grizzly bear

    08/29/2015 9:44:15 AM PDT · by MtnClimber · 40 replies
    Mashable ^ | August 28, 2015 | CHLOE BRYAN
    If you've ever wondered what it's like to be slapped by a grizzly bear, just ask Brad Joseph. The naturalist took his GoPro on a recent trip to Alaska, only to meet a grizzly bear who wasn't as big a fan of wearable technology as the rest of us. Luckily, the disgruntled grizzly only hit the camera — not Joseph himself.
  • Grizzly Guns (World Record shot with a .22)

    02/15/2012 8:43:55 AM PST · by marktwain · 28 replies
    angelfire.com ^ | na | H.V. Stent
    “Grizzly Guns” by H. V. Stent If you are planning a grizzly hunt or only dreaming of one, a big question is which rifle to use. On that fascinating subject, I’ve been amassing information for some 40 years of living as a teacher, fruit grower and hunter in that bear paradise, British Columbia, where stories of encounters with grizzlies and brown bears are enjoyed where ever sportsmen gather and are often headlined in newspapers and television newscasts. Such meetings sometimes result in a mauled man or shot bear, or both. A recent one ended with both man and bear dead....
  • Defence Department to purchase Stryker armoured combat vehicles

    10/28/2003 4:22:57 PM PST · by Cannoneer No. 4 · 49 replies · 1,503+ views
    canadaeast.com - CP National News Breaking Canadian News ^ | Tuesday, October 28, 2003 | JOHN WARD
    OTTAWA (CP) - Canada is buying 60 new combat vehicles to provide the battlefield gunfire once delivered by tanks, even though the army concluded five years ago that the armoured Stryker was a bad choice. Defence Minister John McCallum will announce the multi-million-dollar purchase Wednesday, sources said. The Stryker is an eight-wheeled, 18-tonne, lightly armoured vehicle equipped with a 105-mm cannon. The United States is buying 2,100 of them in various variants, from GM Defence is London, Ont., and General Dynamics Land Systems in Michigan. The Americans named the vehicle after two of their Medal of Honour winners. It's not...