British
Columbia - BC Canada
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British Columbia is located on the west coast of Canada, with the Pacific
Ocean on the west and the province of Alberta on the east. British Columbia
is bounded by the state of Alaska, the Northwest Territories and the Yukon
on the north and the states of Montana, Idaho and Washington on the south.
Quick
facts about British Columbia - BC
- BC is
the third-largest province in Canada.
- B.C. population
4.1 million people. (2003 population).
- The many
islands off the coast are also part of B.C.
- Victoria,
the capital city is on Vancouver Island.
- Vancouver
is the third largest city in Canada - population approximates 2.1 million.
- B.C.'s
flower - Pacific Dogwood.
- B.C.'s
bird - Stellar's Jay.
- B.C.'s
tree - Western Red Cedar.
- B.C.'s
motto - "Splendour without diminishment".
- Jade became
the official mineral emblem in 1968.
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BEIJING (AP) - China is likely to bid again for the Winter Olympics. Publ.Date : Fri, 02 Feb 2007 16:26:00 GMT
Gibby Jacob opens the aboriginal summit. The 2010 Winter Olympics have the potential to fast-track the native community to self-sufficiency, a Squamish First Nation chief told a gathering of native business people yesterday. Publ.Date : Fri, 02 Feb 2007 12:07:40 GMT
PARIS (AFP) - The battle to win the right to host the 2014 Winter Olympic Games lies between the Korean candidate of Pyeongchang and the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi, a senior IOC member has told AFP. Publ.Date : Wed, 31 Jan 2007 03:08:00 GMT
Crazy again? Canada's national ski team has been chasing the shadows of the past for almost a generation now. It's not easy to surpass illusions of grandeur. Publ.Date : Fri, 02 Feb 2007 13:12:12 GMT
IN TOMORROW'S PAPER: Publ.Date : Fri, 02 Feb 2007 09:44:04 GMT
BEIJING (AP) - China is likely to bid again for the Winter Olympics. He Zhenliang, the country's senior member on the International Olympic Committee, said China should think about making a bid following the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics. Publ.Date : Fri, 02 Feb 2007 16:47:55 GMT
The Honourable David Emerson, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Pacific Gateway and the Vancouver-Whistler Olympics, today spoke before delegates at the three-day Aboriginal Business Summit, hosted by the Four Host First Nations Society, of the 2010 Winter Games. Minister Emerson, accompanied by Ian Bennett, President and CEO of the Royal Canadian Mint, also unveiled a ... Publ.Date : Fri, 02 Feb 2007 17:22:44 GMT
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