When Brady Highway first arrived in Churchill, Manitoba in November 2013 to begin a new position with Parks Canada, it was the morning after a polar bear attacked and seriously injured two people. The event made national headlines.
“I was brought in to start as a Visitor Safety and Fire Operations Coordinator, and I get off the plane, and I could just sense that something was off in the town,” explains Highway.
With his new managers tied up in all day meetings to address the crisis, one of his colleagues took Highway to view his accommodations.
“When I walked into my house, I opened up the curtains and right in front of me there was blood on the street,” recalls Highway.
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