Despite intermittent heavy rain and cool temperatures, crowds still flocked to the annual Northern Lights Wildlife Shelter annual Canada Day Open House July 1.
And for those that made the trip, it was a special year, indeed. The shelter, which primarily rehabilitates bear cubs of which there were eight in residence, also had a mountain goat, a cougar, a lynx, a rare white porcupine, a deer fawn and four baby moose on hand.
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