British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, forests, lakes, mountains, inland deserts and grassy plains, and borders the province of Alberta to the east, the territories of Yukon and the Northwest Territories to the north, and the US states of Washington, Idaho and Montana to the south and Alaska to the northwest. With an estimated population of 5.3 million as of 2022, it is Canada's third-most populous province. The capital of British Columbia is Victoria and …
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DDN: Dundurn Press · 12 November 2024 English
The political life of Dene leader Georges Erasmus — a radical Native rights crusader widely regarded as one of the most important Indigenous leaders of the past fifty years. For …
Only one other staff member, Bob Joseph, from British Columbia, was a First Nations person. He and Georges …
UOP: University of Ottawa Press · 12 November 2024 English
Dangling in the Glimmer of Hope met en lumière les actions entreprises par des universitaires en réponse à certains des appels à l’action de la Commission de vérité et réconciliation. …
xʷməθkʷəy̓ əm (Musqueam) Nations. Burnaby, British Columbia January 30, 2024. References Battell Lowman … knowledge and wisdom of Aboriginal Peoples in British Columbia. Ecological Applications, 10(5), 1275–1287 …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 12 November 2024 English
The COVID-19 virus was responsible for the deaths of over thirty-five thousand Canadians in its first two years alone. Described as the biggest public health crisis of the century, it …
Uncertainty people, than had died in all of British Columbia (McKenzie 2020). In August 2020 the unemployment … confirmed cases in Canada, in Ontario and British Columbia. At this time many members of the Opposition … Ontario and British Columbia. The first death due to covid-19 occurred on 9 March in British Columbia in an …
Fraser Institute · 7 November 2024 English
offers no benefit in terms of short-term economic growth. As of 2022, all but three provinces—British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan—had combined federal and provincial debt loads in excess of the 100% …
growth. • As of 2022, all but three provinces—British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan—had combined federal … of their GDP), Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia are all below the 90% threshold while the … end of the spectrum are Alberta (66.4%), British Columbia (82.9%), and Ontario (86.7%). The average … Provinces • Childs fraserinstitute.org 0 30 60 90 120 150 British Columbia Alberta Saskatchewan Manitoba Ontario Quebec … Edward Island, Quebec, Ontario, Alberta, and British Columbia) and those growing more slowly. As with debt …
Fraser Institute · 7 November 2024 English
offers no benefit in terms of short-term economic growth. As of 2022, all but three provinces—British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan—had combined federal and provincial debt loads in excess of the 100% …
rates of economic growth. Nationwide, only British Columbia (79.2 per cent), Saskatchewan (77.5) and Alberta …
CPRC: University of Regina Press · 5 November 2024 English
Uncut explores the significance of the foreskin in contemporary culture The “uncut” penis is viewed by some as attractive or erotic, and by others as ugly or undesirable. Secular parents …
the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia. The use of the term “mutilation” is particularly …
Fraser Institute · 1 November 2024 English
territories. A second is the New West Partnership Trade Agreement (NWPTA) to which the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba are signatories. The main advantage of using the CFTA is …
Agreement (NWPTA) to which the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba are signatories … signed in January 2015.11 Under the NWPTA, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba committed … Alberta (3.2 percent), Ontario (2.9 percent) and British Columbia (2.8 percent). The smaller anticipated gains … gains for Alberta and British Columbia presum- ably reflect not only the larger relative sizes of those … Newfoundland & Labrador 21 Nova Scotia 17 British Columbia 13 Alberta 6 Yukon 33 Ontario 21 Nunavut 21 …
CPRC: University of Regina Press · 29 October 2024 English
A collection of memories chronicling love, grief, and a life lived on and off stage Raised on a farm and educated in a prairie Bible school, Layne Coleman escapes the …
it wasn’t a radio. I was in an orchard in British Columbia, in Penticton, in the summertime. It was like …
DDN: Dundurn Press · 29 October 2024 English
Suzanne’s mother was an eight-month-old baby when her family was torn from their home in Victoria, British Columbia. Arriving at Vancouver’s Hastings Park, they bunked in horse stalls for months before being …
crossed the border as an illegal immigrant into British Columbia, where he settled, married, and started a … 25the war the family moved east from Slocan, British Columbia, to Chatham, Ontario, before settling in … one- room shack on a farm in Port Hammond, British Columbia. Bound for Seattle, Washington, the SS Kaga … Gibson Road farm in the Sunbury area of Delta, British Columbia, to discuss an arranged marriage. Two years … surrender their Cooey single- shot rifle to the British Columbia Provincial Police in October 1940. By February …
Fraser Institute · 29 October 2024 English
This essay examines the implications of decarbonizing Canada’s electricity grid by replacing existing fossil fuel-based generation with clean energy sources. In 2023, clean energy sources—including hydro, nuclear, and wind—produced 497.6 …
Most provinces— including Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia, Manitoba, and Newfoundland & Labrador— overwhelmingly … facilities, such as the Site C project in British Columbia or Muskrat Falls in Newfoundland & Labrador … gigawatt hours of electricity (GWh) each year (British Columbia, 2018). Similarly, Newfoundland & Labrador’s … Decarbonizing Canada’s Electricity Grid 8 led the British Columbia Utilities Commission to recommend postponing … ive-and-then- What>, as of July 25, 2024. British Columbia (2018). FACTSHEET: Site C Hydroelectric Project …