July 28 (UPI) -- A man was hospitalized in Canada's western province of British Columbia following a bear attack over the weekend, officials said.

The man had sustained "significant injuries" and underwent surgery at a hospital in Cranbrook, a city located about 523 miles east of Vancouver, the province's Conservation Officer Service said in a statement Sunday.

According to officials, the man and his wife were riding e-bikes along the Kootenay River near West Creston when, at about 4:30 p.m. PDT Saturday, the wife heard her husband scream and saw a grizzly bear running toward her.

"She used bear spray and then noticed a second grizzly bear attacking her husband. She again used bear spray and both bears ran off," it said.

Wow quite a woman!

E bikes are very quiet, which flies in the face of all advice to make noise to forewarn bears. Mountain bikers get hit regular as clockwork around here.

UDAP and other bear sprays are excellent, with the caveat that use is hazardous when the bear is coming from the same direction as the wind.

It is an excellent alternative to a more reliable defense measure, if death or very serious injury is likely. US national parks and national forests allow local law to be applied with firearm defense.