Suncor employee killed by a bear in company's third fatality this year

• A Suncor Energy (SU -0.2%) employee was killed in a bear attack at its main oil sands operation near Fort McMurray in Alberta.
• Alberta’s oil sands operations sit in prime bear and wildlife territory, although this area is defined by open pit mines rather than forest.
• The death was SU's third employee fatality this year, the first two in work-related incidents.