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i/ˌbrɪtɨʃ kəˈlʌmbiə/ (BC) (French: la Colombie-Britannique, C.-B.) is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu ("Splendour without Diminishment"). In 1871, it became the sixth province of Canada. The capital of British Columbia is Victoria, the fifteenth largest metropolitan region in Canada. The largest city is Vancouver, the third-largest metropolitan area in Canada and the second-largest in the Pacific Northwest. In 2009, British Columbia had an estimated population of 4,419,974 (about two million of whom were in Metro Vancouver).
The province's name was chosen by Queen Victoria when the Colony of British Columbia and the Mainland became a British colony in 1858. It refers to the Columbia District, the British name for the territory drained by the Columbia River, which has its origins and upper reaches in southeastern British Columbia, which was the namesake of the pre-Oregon Treaty Columbia Department of the Hudson's Bay Company. Queen Victoria chose British Columbia to distinguish what was the British sector of the Columbia District from that of the United States ("American Columbia" or "Southern Columbia"), which became the Oregon Territory in 1848 as a result of the treaty.
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A capable stalk-and-ambush predator, the Cougar pursues a wide variety of prey. Its primary food is ungulates such as deer, particularly in the northern part of its range, but it hunts species as small as insects and rodents. It prefers habitats with dense underbrush for stalking, but it can live in open areas.
The Cougar is territorial and persists at low population densities. Individual territory sizes depend on terrain, vegetation, and abundance of prey. While it is a large predator, it is not always the dominant species in its range, as when it competes for prey with animals such as the Gray Wolf. It is a reclusive cat and usually avoids people. Attacks on humans remain rare, despite a recent increase in frequency.[2]
Due to persecution as a dangerous pest animal following the European colonization of the Americas, and continuing human development of Cougar habitat, populations have dropped in many parts of its historical range. In particular, the Cougar was extirpated in eastern North America, except an isolated sub-population in Florida; the animal may be recolonizing parts of its former eastern territory. With its vast range, the Cougar has dozens of names and various references in the mythology of the indigenous peoples of the Americas and in contemporary culture.
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Quesalid was a First Nations shaman who lived on Vancouver Island, Canada. He wrote an autobiography in Kwak'wala, the Kwakiutl language, discovered by Franz Boas and well-known by anthropologists, in which he recounted his experiences as a shaman from an authentic view.
Quesalid started to be interested in shamanism because he was suspicious that shamanism was not true. Then, he enter in a "shamanism school", learned how to play the role.
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British Columbia News
- January 4: Suspect arrested in Los Angeles arson rampage case
- November 3: Beleaguered British Columbia Premier resigns
- November 3: NuCaptcha introduces a video captcha service, ads included
- July 1: Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers face potential charges in Dziekanski tasering death
- June 30: Braidwood Inquiry finds Dziekanski tasering in British Columbia unjustified
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An abandoned piece of industrial equipment in the woods on the south side of Grouse Mountain. This is on a trail that runs straight along a cut in the forest from North Vancouver (Mont-Royale area) due north to the Grouse Mt. skiing area.
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nowheres (paradise, wilderness)
we ooh and aah harder over
these sockeye come three hundred miles upstream
Adam's River. Carr, John (1997-2008). Governor General's Award poet
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British Columbia topics
- For comprehensive topic coverage, see Outline of British Columbia
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- February 26: France finishes 2013 IPC Alpine World Championships on top of medal ladder
- February 26: Austria regains medal leadboard after fourth competition day of 2013 IPC Alpine World Championships
- February 25: Romanian skier debuts at 2013 IPC Alpine World Championships
- February 24: France leads medal count after third competition day of 2013 IPC Alpine World Championships
- February 22: Austria leads medal count after second day of 2013 IPC Alpine World Championships
- February 20: Spain starts 2013 IPC Alpine World Championships with first and fifth place finishes
- February 20: Spaniard Jon Santacana wins downhill at 2013 IPC Alpine World Championships
- February 13: 2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships preparations underway
- February 11: Gambling sites favor Cardinals Marc Ouellet, Peter Turkson, Francis Arinze as next Pope
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