Gambling With Bears

"In recent years, many coastal communities, including St. John's (particularly a lucky bingo hall!), have been visited by polar bears."

I found this quote on the Wordplay tourism website. I haven't yet determined the accuracy of this statement, but I will do some research and see what I can dig up.

In the meantime, it has been a lovely spring for looking at the sea ice. It's been onshore many days here in St. John's and around the east coast. Last night while walking home from an A1C meeting an iceberg was perfectly framed in the narrows. I wonder what this means for ice conditions later in June...