Saskatoon StarPhoenix
🏢 Postmedia
📍 SK
Jul 21, 2026
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Scene of fatal bear attack was 'sacred' to Regina couple
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Article Excerpt
LOCAL NEWS
Scene of fatal bear attack was ‘sacred’ to Regina couple
"Our grief is complicated by the fact that McTavish Lake, where the tragic incident occurred, is a place that was sacred to them," the family wrote in an obituary for Jay and Deb MacDonald.
Retired couple from Regina Jay and Deb MacDonald were killed on July 15, 2026 in a bear attack in the northern Saskatchewan community of McTavish Lake. (Supplied photo)
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Dave Deibert, Shane Fraser
July 21, 2026 at 12:45 p.m.
Last Updated: July 21, 2026 at 3:43 p.m.
The family of a husband and wife who died in a bear attack at their nor…
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