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Aydin Coban, a 44-year old Dutch man convicted of sexually extorting British Columbian teenager Amanda Todd, is sentenced to 13 years in prison.
2022-10-14

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

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 government sends the Air Force to the Pacific coast to assist with supplies after torrential rains affected regions of British Columbia near Vancouver, causing damage to highways. Minister of Emergency Preparedness Bill Blair says that landslides and floods have blocked the town of Agassiz and residents are now being assisted by the military.
2021-11-17

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

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

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

Wildfires continue to rage throughout the western Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia. [http:--abcnews.go.com-International-wireStory-wildfires-continue-rage-western-canada-32365104 (ABC News)]date=August 2019
2015-07-10

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