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Merritt, British Columbia, Canada is evacuated after severe flooding inundated the city of about 7,000. Several highways throughout southern British Columbia were also washed out by heavy rain, leaving at least 10 people stranded.
2021-11-15

Members of the Penelakut Tribe in south-western British Columbia announce the discovery of at least 160 "undocumented and unmarked graves" close to Kuper Island Indian Residential School.
2021-07-13

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

A mass grave containing the remains of 215 indigenous children is discovered on the site of the former residential school in British Columbia, Canada.
2021-05-28

British Columbia reports a record 717 new cases and 11 deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing the provincial death toll to 310 and the total number of cases to 23,661.
2020-11-17

Nine people die in Vancouver, British Columbia from overdoses of fentanyl.
2016-12-16

Residents from more than 50 homes in Ripley, New York, are evacuated following the derailment of a 34-car Norfolk Southern train carrying hazardous materials in the southwestern part of the state. Ethanol leaked from the two of the 16 derailed cars. A third car carrying propane crashed but did not leak.
2016-03-1

A Canadian Pacific Railway train carrying crude oil derails in Wisconsin; some of the 10 derailed cars are leaking oil. This is the second consecutive day for a freight train crash in the state. Yesterday, a BNSF Railway train wreck spilled thousands of gallons of ethanol. No injuries were reported in either accident.
2015-11-8

Sun Sea, a cargo ship carrying around 490 Tamil migrants, refugees and suspected human smugglers and Tamil Tigers as well as reports of tuberculosis outbreaks is scheduled to arrive in Esquimalt, British Columbia. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Canadian Navy are escorting and boarding the ship, and the ship's captain is suspected by the Sri Lankan Government of being a gun runner.
2010-08-13

The XXI Olympic Winter Games competitions begin in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
2010-02-12