| Richmond, British Columbia Richmond () is a coastal city, incorporated in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Part of Metro Vancouver, its neighbouring communities are Vancouver and Burnaby to the north, New Westminster to the east, and Delta to the south, while the Strait of Georgia forms its western border. Richmond is the location of Vancouver International Airport. Richmond,_British_Columbia
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| Dutch elm disease Dutch elm disease (DED) is a fungal disease of elm trees which is spread by the elm bark beetle. Although believed to be originally native to Asia, it has been accidentally introduced into America and Europe, where it has devastated native populations of elms which had not had the opportunity to evolve resistance to the disease. The name Dutch elm disease refers to the identification of the disease in the 1920s in the Netherlands; the disease is not specific to the Dutch Elm hybrid Dutch_elm_disease
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| University of British Columbia The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a Canadian public research university with campuses in the Greater Vancouver area and in Kelowna, British Columbia. The main campus in the Greater Vancouver area is located in the University Endowment Lands on Point Grey, a peninsula about 10Vancouver proper. While the originating legislation created UBC on March 7, 1908, the first day of lectures was September 30, 1915. On September 22, 1925, lectures began on the new Point Grey campus. University_of_British_Columbia
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| Surrey, British Columbia Surrey is a Canadian city in the province of British Columbia, Canada, that lies within the Metro Vancouver district, and geographically at the centre of the larger region known as the Lower Mainland of British Columbia. It is the province's second-largest city by population after the city of Vancouver.The six "town centres" comprising the City of Surrey areFleetwood, Whalley/City Centre, Guildford, Newton, Cloverdale, and South Surrey. Surrey,_British_Columbia
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| Coast Mountains The Coast Mountains are a major mountain range of western North America, extending from southwestern Yukon through the Alaska Panhandle and virtually all of the Coast of British Columbia. They are so-named because of their proximity to the sea coast, and are often referred to as the Coast Range. Coast_Mountains
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| Mount Waddington Mount_Waddington
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| Legal code (municipal) legal code is a body of law written by a governmental body, such as a U.S. state, a Canadian Province or German Bundesland or a municipality. Whether authored or me Legal_code_(municipal)
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| Whistler Blackcomb Whistler_Blackcomb
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| 2010 Winter Olympics 2010_Winter_Olympics
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| Child support In family law and government policy, child support or child maintenance is the ongoing obligation for a periodic payment made directly or indirectly by an ("obligor") to an ("obligee") for the financial care and support of children of a relationship or marriage that has been terminated, or in some cases never existed. Child_support
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| List of communities in British Columbia list of communities in British Columbia, a province in Canada. For the purposes of this list, a community is defined as either an incorporated municipality (including Indian reserves), or an unincorporated settlement inside or outside of a municipality. Neighbourhoods, settlements and localities within another municipality are listed with the surrounding municipality(ies) in parentheses after the settlement nameBradner (Abbotsford), Barnhartvale (Kamloops), or Tsawwassen (Delta). List_of_communities_in_British_Columbia
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| Jade Jade is an ornamental stone. jade is applied to two different metamorphic rocks that are made up of different silicate minerals: Nephrite jade, consists of a microcrystaline interlocking fibrous matrix of the calcium, magnesium-iron rich amphibole mineral series tremolite (calcium-magnesium)-ferroactinolite (calcium-magnesium-iron). Jade
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| Bryan Adams Bryan Adams, OC, OBC (born Bryan Guy Adams on November 5, 1959) is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter and photographer. Rolling Stone magazine describes Adams as having an “unerring gift for radio-friendly pop hooks". He has been nominated for several Grammy Awards; and was first nominated at the 28th Grammy Awards for Reckless and "It's Only Love" and won the Grammy and in 1992 won the award for "Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media". Bryan_Adams
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| Ujjal Dosanjh Ujjal Dev Singh Dosanjhh, PC, QC, MP (born September 9, 1947) is a Canadian lawyer and politician, currently serving as a Member of Parliament representing Vancouver South. As a member of the Liberal Party of Canada, which has been the Official Opposition since January 2006, Dosanjh variously has been the critic of National Defence, Public Safety, and Foreign Affairs, as well as sitting on Standing Committee on National Defence, the Committee on Public Safety and National Security, the Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development, and the Committee on the Canadian Mission in Afghanistan. Ujjal_Dosanjh
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| Ecological land classification Ecological land classification is defined as being a cartographical delineation of distinct ecological areas, identified by their geology, topography, soils, vegetation, climate conditions, living species, water resources, as well as anthropic factors. These factors are known to control or influence biotic composition and ecological processes. As a consequence, they provide a useful approximation of ecosystem potentials. Ecological_land_classification
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| Fraser River For other uses of this name see Fraser River (disambiguation).The Fraser River is the longest river within British Columbia, Canada, rising at Fraser Pass near Mount Robson in the Rocky Mountains and flowing for 1,375Strait of Georgia at the city of Vancouver. It is the tenth longest river in Canada. The river's volume at its mouth is 112gal/s or 3550 cubic metres per second), and it dumps 20 million tons of sediment into the ocean. Fraser_River
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| Prince George, British Columbia Prince_George,_British_Columbia
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| List of Canadian provincial and territorial symbols list of the symbols of Canadian provinces and territories. Each province and territory has a unique set of official symbols. List_of_Canadian_provincial_and_territorial_symbols
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| David Lloyd George Talk:David_Lloyd_George
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| List of Canadian provincial and territorial symbols Talk:List_of_Canadian_provincial_and_territorial_symbols
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| Burnaby Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, is the city immediately east of Vancouver. It is the third-largest city in British Columbia by population, surpassed only by nearby Surrey and Vancouver itself. It was incorporated in 1892 and achieved City status in 1992, one hundred years after incorporation. It is the seat of the Metro Vancouver government. Burnaby
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| Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby Field Marshal Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby GCB, GCMG, GCVO (23 April, 1861 British soldier and administrator most famous for his role during World War I, in which he led the Egyptian Expeditionary Force in the conquest of Palestine and Syria in 1917 and 1918.Allenby, nicknamed the "Bloody Bull", is generally considered to have been a martinet who tyrannically ruled over the men serving under him. Edmund_Allenby,_1st_Viscount_Allenby
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| Glen Clark For the baseball player, see Glen Clark For the former lacrosse coach & player, see Glenn ClarkGlen David Clark (born November 22, 1957 in Nanaimo, British Columbia) is a former politician in British Columbia, Canada who served as the 31st Premier of British Columbia from 1996 to 1999. Glen_Clark
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| Jonathan Zittrain Jonathan L. Zittrain (born December 24, 1970) is an American professor of Internet law at Harvard Law School and a faculty co-director of Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet & Society. Previously, Zittrain was Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation at the Oxford Internet Institute of the University of Oxford and visiting professor at the New York University School of Law and Stanford Law School. Jonathan_Zittrain
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| American White Pelican The American White Pelican or Rough-billed Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) is a large aquatic bird from the order Pelecaniformes. It breeds in interior North America, moving south and to the coasts, up to Central America, in winter.The scientific name means "red-billed pelican", from the Latin term for a pelican, Pelecanus, and erythrorhynchos, derived from the Ancient Greek words erythros (ἐρυθρός, "red") + rhynchos (ῥύγχος, "bill"). American_White_Pelican
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| Conservation biology Conservation biology is the scientific study of the nature and status of Earth's biodiversity with the aim of protecting species, their habitats, and ecosystems from excessive rates of extinction. It is an interdisciplinary subject drawing on sciences, economics, and the practice of natural resource management. Conservation_biology
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| Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom The Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom is the official coat of arms of the British monarch, currently Queen Elizabeth II. These arms are used by the Queen in her official capacity as monarch, and are officially known as her Arms of Dominion. Variants of the Royal Arms are used by other members of the Royal Family; and by the British Government in connection with the administration and government of the country. Royal_coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom
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| Kelowna Kelowna (May 16, 2006 census population 106,707, metropolitan population of 165,596) is a city on Okanagan Lake in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia, Canada. Its name derives from a native term for "grizzly bear". Kelowna ranks as the 22nd largest metropolitan area in Canada.Nearby communities include West Kelowna to the west across Okanagan Lake, Lake Country and then Vernon to the north, as well as Peachland to the southwest and, further to the south, Summerland and Penticton. Kelowna
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| Diseases of the honey bee Diseases of the honey bee include Diseases_of_the_honey_bee
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| Klondike Gold Rush Talk:Klondike_Gold_Rush
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| James Duffy Talk:James_Duffy
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| Clayoquot Sound Clayoquot Sound (usually or ) is located on the west coast of Vancouver Island in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is bordered by the Esowista Peninsula to the south, and the Hesquiaht Peninsula to the North. It is a body of water with many inlets and islands. Clayoquot_Sound
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| Megatsunami Megatsunami, also known as iminami (Japanese for "wave of purification"), is an informal term to describe a tsunami that has initial wave heights that are much larger than normal tsunamis. Unlike usual tsunamis, which originate from tectonic activity and the raising or lowering of the sea floor, known megatsunamis have originated from large scale impact events such as landslides and meteor impacts. Megatsunami
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| Alaska Highway Alaska_Highway
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| Pilosella aurantiaca Pilosella_aurantiaca
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| Bill Bennett Bill_Bennett
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| Education in Canada Education in Canada is provided, funded and overseen by federal, provincial, and local governments. Education is within provincial jurisdiction and the curriculum is overseen by the province. Education in Canada is generally divided into Elementary (Primary School, Public School), followed by Secondary (High School) and Post Secondary (University, College). Education_in_Canada
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| Speed limit/Archive02 Talk:Speed_limit/Archive02
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| Craigellachie, British Columbia Craigellachie (, but or can be substituted for the ) is a locality in British Columbia, Canada, located several kilometres to the west of the Eagle Pass summit between Sicamous and Revelstoke. Craigellachie is the site of a tourist stop on the Trans-Canada Highway between Salmon Arm and Revelstoke.It was named after the village of Craigellachie on the River Spey in Moray, Scotland, the ancestral home of Sir George Stephen, the first president of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR). Craigellachie,_British_Columbia
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| Same-sex marriage in Canada On July 20, 2005, Canada became the fourth country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide with the enactment of the Civil Marriage Act. Court decisions, starting in 2003, each already legalized same-sex marriage in eight out of ten provinces and one of three territories, whose residents comprised about 90% of Canada's population. Same-sex_marriage_in_Canada
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| Topfreedom Topfreedom is a social movement seeking the recognition of a right of women and girls to be topfree in public where men and boys have that right. The topfreedom movement objects to the risqué connotations of the term "topless" and usually prefers the term "topfree." Topfreedom
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| Traffic sign "Street sign" redirects here. For a discusson of street name signage, see road name signage. Traffic_sign
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| Trans fat Trans fat is the common name for a type of unsaturated fat with trans-isomer fatty acid(s). Trans fats may be monounsaturated or polyunsaturated but never saturated.Unsaturated fat is a fat molecule containing one or more double bonds between the carbon atoms. Trans_fat
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| Metro Vancouver Metro_Vancouver
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| 100 Mile House, British Columbia 100 Mile House is a district municipality located in the South Cariboo region of central British Columbia, Canada. 100_Mile_House,_British_Columbia
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| Nuu-chah-nulth The Nuu-chah-nulth (pronounced ) (also formerly referred to as the Nootka, Nutka, Aht, Nuuchahnulth) are one of the Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast of Canada. The term 'Nuu-chah-nulth' is used to describe fifteen separate but related nations, such as the Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations, whose traditional home is in the Pacific Northwest on the west coast of Vancouver Island. Nuu-chah-nulth
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| 100 Mile House, British Columbia Talk:100_Mile_House,_British_Columbia
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| School prayer School prayer in its most common usage refers to state-approved prayer by students in state schools. Depending on the country and the type of school, organized prayer may be required, permitted, or proscribed. Countries which prohibit school prayer often differ in their reasons for doing soseparation of church and state is the United States' basis for doing so (as proscribed in the First Amendment to the United States Constitution); Freedom of conscience is Canada's; and, similar to the United States, France's rationale is the laïcité concept. School_prayer
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| Emily Carr Emily Carr (December 13, 1871 March 2, 1945) was a Canadian artist and writer heavily inspired by the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast. The Canadian Encyclopedia describes her as a "Canadian icon". Emily_Carr
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| Law of Canada The Canadian legal system has its foundation in the British common law system, inherited from being a part of the Commonwealth. Quebec, however, still retains a civil system for issues of private law. Both legal systems are subject to the Constitution of Canada. Law_of_Canada
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