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Canada announces that it will temporarily decriminalize possession of less than 2.5 grams total of MDMA, opioids, cocaine, and methamphetamine in the province of British Columbia, in order to allow for the province to launch a three-year trial of drug decriminalization and treatments.
2022-06-1

The Williams Lake First Nation in British Columbia, Canada, discovers 93 potential unmarked graves around the former Saint Joseph's Mission residential school near Williams Lake, British Columbia.
2022-01-25

The discovery of 751 unmarked graves at the site of Marieval Indian Residential School in Saskatchewan, Canada, is announced, weeks after the remains of 215 children were found at a similar residential school in British Columbia.
2021-06-24

One person is killed and six others are wounded in a mass stabbing in and around a public library in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
2021-03-27

British Columbia reports Canada's first case of the Nigerian variant of SARS-CoV-2 in a young person from the Interior Health region who is currently self-isolating.
2021-02-12

400–500 people are left stranded at the Sasquatch Mountain Resort in British Columbia, Canada, after the road to the resort was damaged from landslides caused by heavy rain. Train service between Vancouver and Seattle was also suspended until Monday due to mudslides.
2020-02-1

A 6.4 magnitude earthquake occurs off the coast of Vancouver Island in Canada's British Columbia province. [http:--www.timescolonist.com-life-Earthquake+hits+Vancouver+Island-5378704-story.html ("Victoria Times Colonist")]date=August 2019
2011-09-9

The 26th annual Vancouver Sun Run happens today in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
2010-05-9

Leonid Tyagachyov, head of Russia's Olympic Committee, resigns after the nation's worst performance in the history of the Winter Olympic Games at the 2010 event in Vancouver.
2010-03-3

International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge officially closes the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada. Canada finishes in first place in the medal table with a record 14 gold medals, while the United States wins a record total of 37 medals.
2010-02-28