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Wildfires in British Columbia and Alberta, Canada, force thousands to evacuate.
2024-05-12

A helicopter carrying seven people crashes in Terrace, British Columbia, Canada, leaving 3 dead and 4 others injured.
2024-01-22

The monkeypox vaccine will be made available to high-risk people in British Columbia, Canada.
2022-07-29

The trial of Aydin Coban, a Dutch man accused of harassing and extorting Port Coquitlam teenager Amanda Todd online prior to her suicide in 2012, begins at the British Columbia Supreme Court in British Columbia, Canada.
2022-06-6

The provincial government of British Columbia, Canada, declares a state of emergency in response to ongoing risks from floods and mudslides. Effective immediately until December 1, citizens in affected regions, including the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island, are limited to 30 litres of diesel and gasoline purchased at fuel stations. Vehicles used for essential services, such as emergency response, commercial transport, and public transit, are exempt from this order and granted unlimited access to cardlock gas stations ordinarily used by the commercial trucking industry. Price gouging at retail gas stations and the resale of fuel is prohibited. Restrictions on non-essential travel along damaged highways are also set in place.
2021-11-19

The Canadian province of British Columbia begins a postal ballot to determine whether to maintain the current first-past-the-post voting system or switch to a form of proportional representation for their provincial elections.
2018-10-22

A 6.6 magnitude earthquake hits 94 km south of Port Hardy in the Canadian province of British Columbia at around 8:10 pm PDT. Seismic activity was felt as far as Kamloops.
2014-04-23

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

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