From the trapping regs. From how I read it black bear hides don't need to be tanned to sell.
Alberta anyone may sell the following
rocessed (tanned or otherwise permanently preserved, but not dried, salted or frozen) skins of fur-bearing animals;
black bear skins, provided they have been taken lawfully (black bear claws may only be sold if they remain attached to the whole skin);
the skins of most animals, including skunk and raccoon, for which a licence is not required;
unskinned beaver carcasses harvested outside the beaver trapping season; or
all parts of lawfully taken furbearing animals, other than the unprocessed skin.