Bear sighting at Dartmouth park has police asking public to avoid area – Halifax [Video]

Wildlife officials worked Thursday afternoon to remove a bear from a tree at the Dartmouth Commons.

Two schools in the area were under hold and secure protocol in the meantime.

Halifax Regional Police also asked the public to stay out of the area, bordered by Wyse Road, Thistle Street, Victoria Road, Park Avenue and Alderney Drive in Dartmouth.

In an email sent to families, Halifax Regional Centre for Education said Dartmouth High School and Bicentennial School were asked to “go into a hold and secure until further notice.”

“There is a young bear in a tree in the Dartmouth Commons off of Wyse Road,” the email, sent just after the noon hour, read.

“Staff from (Department of Natural Resources) are responding to remove the bear, and police are securing the area.”

In a video circulating on social media, a small …