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Letter: City must do its part on bears by picking up trash

Leaving green or trash cans on the curb all day awaiting pickup is not keeping bears away, says a Coquitlam letter writer.
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"The bears don’t have a chance," writes Nancy Gowan of Coquitlam.

The Editor,

Re. “Up to all of us to save bears” (TC Opinion, The Tri-City News, April 20).

I live in the Heritage Mountain area of Coquitlam and have seen the sow with her triplets. One of the biggest problems here is that we are told to put our green cans out at 7:30 a.m. and they don’t get emptied until 4 to 5 p.m. They are unlatched the entire day. How is this bear proof?! It is ridiculous.

The bears don’t have a chance.

Nancy Gowan, Coquitlam