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	British Columbia - MSN Encarta
		Executive powers actually rest with the premier, who is a member of the legislature and usually the leader of the majority party.
		British trading with the Native Americans of the northern coast followed the visit of the British mariner and explorer Captain James Cook to Nootka in 1778.
		British Columbia's economy was based largely on the exploitation of natural resources through mining, logging, and fisheries, which produced a range of goods for the export trade.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761574576_3/British_Columbia.html (1534 words)

	British Columbia - LoveToKnow 1911
		At an early stage in the Glacial period British Columbia was covered by the Cordilleran glacier, which moved south-eastwards and north-westwards, in correspondence with the ruling features of the country, from a gathering-ground situated in the vicinity of the 57 t h parallel.
		The executive council is appointed by the lieutenant-governor on the advice of the first minister, and retains office so long as it enjoys the support of a majority of the legislature.
		The act of the legislature may be disallowed, within one year of its passage, by the governor-general in council, and is also subject to challenge as to its legality in the supreme court of and, or on appeal to the juridical committee of the privy council of the United Kingdom.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /British_Columbia (4048 words)

	British Columbia - MSN Encarta
		British Columbia is famous for its spectacular mountains and beautiful coastal scenery, which are well represented in the many provincial and federal parks, including Yoho, Kootenay, Glacier, and Pacific Rim national parks.
		British Columbia is represented by 36 members in the Canadian House of Commons and by six senators, appointed by the Canadian governor-general, in the upper house, or Senate of the federal government.
		The formal chief executive of British Columbia is the lieutenant governor, who is appointed by the Canadian governor-general and who represents the British monarch in the province.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761574576_5____56/British_Columbia.html (550 words)

	Executive Council of British Columbia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Almost always made up of members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia the cabinet is similar in structure and role to the Cabinet of Canada while being smaller in size.
		The cabinet is selected by the Premier of British Columbia and sworn in by the Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia.
		In colonial British Columbia and Vancouver Island, the Executive Councils were largely appointed by the Governor and included military and judicial officials.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Executive_Council_of_British_Columbia (306 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		British Columbia not having incurred debts equal to those of the other Provinces now constituting the Dominion, shall be entitled to receive, by half-yearly payments, in advance from the General Government, interest at the rate of five per cent.
		British Columbia shall be entitled to be represented in the Senate by three members, and by six members in the House of Commons.
		Trutch, Helmcken, and Carrall, the Delegates from British Columbia.
	www.solon.org /Constitutions/Canada/English/bctu.html (1334 words)

	British Columbia - Government of BC - BritishColumbia.com
		The structure of the British Columbia government is rooted in British parliamentary tradition and precedent.
		British Columbia is one of ten provinces in Canada.
		Provincially, British Columbia is governed by the BC Liberal Party, elected on 16 May 2001.
	www.britishcolumbia.com /government (478 words)

	British Columbia
		That of British Columbia, although simple, was equally unsuitable as it bore the image of Queen Victoria resplendent upon her throne.
		For the colonial badge of British Columbia, Musgrave chose the crest from the Royal Arms, a crowned lion atop a crown, with the minor addition of the flanking letters, B and C. However, approved it was, and on October 9, 1870, Governor Musgrave inaugurated his flag, the first distinctive and official flag for British Columbia.
		Although, in 1978, the bicentennial of Captain Cook's visit to the shores of British Columbia was marked with a flag bearing a logotype on a white field, the flag of occasion that will probably be remembered the longest will be that of EXPO 86.
	fraser.cc /FlagsCan/Provinces/BC.html (3416 words)

	Fish and Wildlife Program - Executive Summary
		The Act directs the Council to prepare a program to protect, mitigate and enhance fish and wildlife of the Columbia River Basin that have been affected by the construction and operation of hydroelectric dams while also assuring the Pacific Northwest an adequate, efficient, economical and reliable power supply.
		The Council’s Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program is the largest regional effort in the nation to recover, rebuild, and mitigate impacts on fish and wildlife.
		The Council ’s responsibility is to mitigate the impact of hydropower dams on all fish and wildlife in the Columbia River Basin, including endangered species, through a program of enhancement and protection.
	www.nwcouncil.org /library/2000/2000-19/summary.htm (816 words)

	Table of Precedence for British Columbia
		The Chancellors of the University of British Columbia, the University of Victoria and Simon Fraser University, respectively.
		In the absence of the Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia the Administrator of British Columbia assumes the role.
		Precedence of Ministries in British Columbia is determined by the date of origin of the Ministry.
	www.pch.gc.ca /progs/cpsc-ccsp/atc-ac/precbc_e.cfm (588 words)

	CALDER v. ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
		That, in the event of the Court or the Privy Council deciding that the Indians have no title in the lands of the Province of British Columbia, the policy of the Dominion towards the Indians shall be governed by consideration of their interests and future development.
		In case I be wrong in this opinion I propose to discuss the claim of the appellants on the assumption that the Courts of British Columbia have authority to pass upon the matters in- volved in the prayer for relief.
		In so far as the Colony of British Columbia was concerned, a policy of compensating the Indians by payment of moneys for "the surrender of the territory which they have been taught to regard as their own" had not been and was not thereafter adopted.
	library2.usask.ca /native/cnlc/vol07/043.html (15410 words)

	Complaints by Year - BC Press Council
		The B.C. Press Council has dismissed, with two reservations, a multi-faceted complaint by John Hofsess, executive director of the Right to Die Society of Canada, against the Vancouver Sun regarding the accuracy of a news story by Nicole Parton in the newspaper April 26, 1993.
		The Press Council recognizes that the Right to Die Society controversy has been a continuing one, and that the Vancouver Sun felt it had a responsibility to continue to report on an issue that has generated much public interest.
		Secondly, the Press Council notes that the headline (RCMP probing Right to Die Society; director John Hofsess under investigation) was misleading, stating that the Right to Die Society was being investigated when nothing in the article substantiated that.
	www.bcpresscouncil.org /reports/1993.html (575 words)

	Cascadia Scorecard Weblog: British Columbia
		British Columbia, on the other hand, has a substantial population of international in-migrants: 1 in 4 residents of the province were born in another country, mostly in Europe or Asia.
		The world is celebrating an announcement in Vancouver on Tuesday that the government of British Columbia finally signed on to a new vision for a region of the province nicknamed the Great Bear Rainforest--a vast, nearly roadless forest of cedar and hemlock stretching along the coast from the northern tip of Vancouver Island to Alaska.
		That's germane to the awful situation for forestry in British Columbia, where the mountain pine beetle is steadily wrecking havoc on the province's interior forests.
	cascadiascorecard.typepad.com /blog/british_columbia/index.html (11946 words)

	Executive Council (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		An Executive Council in British constitutional practice is the top tier of a government led by a Governor-General, Governor or a Lieutenant-Governor, superior to Legislative Councils and Legislative Assemblies.
		It functions as a quasi-Privy Council and therefore by extension is usually the equivalent of the Cabinet.
		Consistent with wider British practice, Canadian provinces have Executive Councils which are usually referred to informally as Cabinets and are headed by a provincial Premier.
	executive-council.kiwiki.homeip.net (188 words)

	BC Competition Council
		In the February 8, 2005 Speech from the Throne, the Government of British Columbia announced a new B.C. Competition Council would be formed to review the province's competitiveness, identify barriers to economic growth, and solutions to overcome them that can be taken by industry or government.
		On March 30, the Honourable Gordon Campbell, Premier, announced the establishment of the Council, appointing Dan Miller and David Thompson as co-chairs.
		She is the recipient of the YWCA Woman of Distinction award, the Canadian Women in Communications Woman of the Year award, the Canadian Women in New Media Pioneer award, the Influential Woman in Business award, as well as the Sarah Kirke award for the most outstanding Canadian woman in High Tech.
	www.bccompetitioncouncil.gov.bc.ca (1498 words)

	Business Council of British Columbia
		Several of British Columbia's leading business associations have released a Joint Industry Position Paper calling for the modernization and streamlining of the federal Fisheries Act and significant changes in the regulatory and approval processes that flow from it.
		The Business Council of British Columbia applauds the provincial and federal governments and the Lheidli T'enneh Band for initialling the first Final Agreement under the BC Treaty process...
		The Business Council of British Columbia in collaboration with the Canada West Foundation is holding a conference on Wednesday, December 13, 2006 at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver.
	www.bcbc.com (405 words)

	British Columbia Ridings
		CHP Council and Electoral Districts for British Columbia
		Listed are the executive members and the Electoral District Associations.
		He emigrated with his family in 1954 and has lived in British Columbia since.
	www.chp.ca /britishColumbiaRidings (194 words)

	BC Education History Biographical Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Biographical compendiums, such as Who's Who in British Columbia, Who's Who in Canada, and Who Was Who, are available in the Reference sections of most major libraries in British Columbia.
		The BC Teacher is the official organ of the British Columbia Teachers' Federation (1919).
		The largest collection of material relating to the history of British Columbia is held by the British Columbia Archives (formerly known as the Provincial Archives) in Victoria.
	www.mala.bc.ca /homeroom/Content/Resource/biogs.htm (1114 words)

	Executive Team: Christopher Barnes
		Chris has been a member of the Science Council of British Columbia and its Ocean Sector Committee, and a member of Ocean Drilling Program committees.
		Other organizations in which Chris has served as president are the Geological Association of Canada, the Canadian Geoscience Council, and the Academy of Science of the Royal Society of Canada.
		He was Group Chair of both Earth Sciences and Interdisciplinary Committees for the National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), and is a member of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission.
	www.neptune.washington.edu /pub/exec_team/et_c_barnes.html (374 words)

	Real Estate Council of British Columbia
		Its Board of Directors consists of 3 directors appointed by the Council, and 2 directors appointed by the British Columbia Real Estate Association.
		Claims must be submitted to the Council, which has the authority to determine if a claimant has suffered a “compensable loss” and the amount of that loss, or which can require claimants to obtain a court “finding on evidence”.
		The Corporation has the authority to become a party to either a Council proceeding or a court proceeding that is intended to determine if a claimant has suffered a compensable loss.
	www.recbc.ca /consumer_info/TrustProtection.htm (392 words)

	Infoplease Search: council of british school
		Unlike the General Assembly, it was given power to enforce measures and was organized as a compact executive organ.
		Also unlike the assembly, the Security Council in theory functions continuously at the seat of the United Nations.
		(Almanac - World) Economic and Social Council This council is composed of 54 members elected by the General Assembly...
	www.infoplease.com /search?query=council+of+british+school (287 words)

	BC Carpenters Union : A Canadian Union for Canadian Workers
		The BC Supreme Court sided with the current officers of the BC Provincial Council of Carpenters and issued an injunction stopping Tony Heisterkamp and Frank Nolan from taking over the Council.
		Heisterkamp and Nolan are forbidden to call themselves President and Secretary-Treasurer of the Council despite the results of the unauthorized convention held earlier in June.
		We are the largest union representing construction workers in British Columbia, Canada's most westerly province.
	www.bccarpentersunion.com (547 words)

	British Columbia News
		PRINCE GEORGE, B.C.-A major land claims treaty in British Columbia is one step closer to reality.
		A senior Provincial Court judge from Kamloops who was arrested in February for causing a disturbance in a Vancouver bar faced a similar charge before becoming a judge, a fact not publicly released in the...
		The council hall of the Chinese Benevolent Association of Vancouver is a long, high room, ringed with imposing armchairs from the Qing Dynasty.
	www.topix.net /ca/british-columbia (796 words)

	Leadership and Management Development Council of British Columbia - Reports
		There are a number of significant gaps in the literature, particularly as it relates to conditions in British Columbia.
		One of the major findings is that, with the exception of the Japanese model, most of the initiatives are transferable to British Columbia.
		The purpose of this study is to provide a launching pad from which to develop an effective strategy for promoting mentorship among entrepreneurs in British Columbia.
	www.leadershipmanagement.bc.ca /files/reports.html (3928 words)

	Pacific Northwest Region - 1999 Dates (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		British Columbia Council Executive - Vancouver, B.C. August
		British Columbia Council Executive - Vancouver, B.C. British Columbia Council Banquet - Vancouver, B.C. November
		British Columbia Council Annual Meeting - Vancouver, B.C.
	members.aol.com /Hooked1/pnwrvp/dates99.htm (78 words)

	The Columbia Treaty
		Recognizing that the Columbia River Basin, as a part of the territory of both countries, con-tains water resources that are capable of contributing greatly to the economic growth and strength and to the general welfare of the two nations, and
		of the dams and storages which British Columbia is obligated by this Agreement to construct or operate.
		British Columbia shall assume the remaining obligation of Canada under Section A.3 of the Terms of
	www.nwd-wc.usace.army.mil /PB/oper_planning/TREATY.htm (16515 words)

	Office of the Premier - Province of British Columbia
		VICTORIA – For the second consecutive year, the provincial government received the World Electric Vehicle Association’s (WEVA) prestigious E-Visionary award, recognizing British Columbia’s contributions to green transportation, Premier Gordon Campbell announced.
		VICTORIA – B.C.’s ports, forestry, tourism and alternative energy will be among the business opportunities highlighted by Premier Gordon Campbell as he promotes B.C. as Canada’s Pacific Gateway on a mission to Japan and China, including a visit to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
		PRINCE GEORGE – British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell, the Honourable Jim Prentice, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians, and Lheidli T’enneh Chief Dominic Frederick today witnessed the joint initialling of the first Final Agreement reached under the British Columbia Treaty Process.
	www.gov.bc.ca /prem/popt/exec (272 words)

	Interactive Gaming Council
		VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan. 12, 2006 — The new year will bring more of th...
		VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 16, 2004 -- In an effort to reduce spam and pr...
		Vancouver, British Columbia, Feb. 27, 2003 — The United Kingdom, as part of a ma...
	www.igcouncil.org /press.php (287 words)

	Real Estate Council of British Columbia
		For general information please call the Council office or e-mail us at info@recbc.ca.
		In order to ensure operational efficiency, please do not email your inquiry to more than one individual at the Real Estate Council.
		All general inquiries and questions should be directed to the info@recbc.ca address which is checked routinely throughout each business day.
	www.recbc.ca /contact_us.htm (63 words)

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