Vancouver Island
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| Highest point | Golden Hinde |
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| Locations | Pacific Ocean |
| Population | 748,937 (2009) |
| Did you know | Pacific Rim National Park Reserve is located on Vancouver Island's west coast. |
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| ID | 1402265 |
About Vancouver Island
Vancouver Island, off Canada's Pacific Coast, is known for its mild climate and thriving arts community. On its southern tip is Victoria, British Columbia's capital, and its boat-lined Inner Harbour, neo-baroque Parliament Buildings, grand Fairmont Empress Hotel and English-style gardens. Harbour city Nanaimo, home of chocolate-and-custard Nanaimo bars, has an Old City Quarter with shops, galleries and restaurants.
Fisherman missing for two weeks found in raft and ate salmon to survive
... Officials did not name the rescuers or how they found him, but in Seattle identified them as Ryan Planes and his uncle John from Sooke, a town on Vancouver Island in British Columbia...
Air India Flight 182: India-Canada row brings 1985 bombing back in news
... It also emerged that in the weeks before the attack, members of the Canadian secret services had followed Parmar and Reyat to some woods on Vancouver Island where they heard " a loud explosive sound" but did not regard this as important...
Cheese rolling winner from Canada returns home
... Speaking to BBC West from her home on Vancouver Island, she said: " I couldn t believe that was me, as soon as I fell at the very end I was knocked unconscious, so I don t really remember the end of the race...
Cheese rolling race: Hundreds compete in Coopers Hill event
... " Women s champion Ms Irving, 19, from Vancouver Island in Canada, said the race was " good...
The ancient trees at the heart of a case against the Crown
... The Nuchatlaht filed the lawsuit against the province in 2017 claiming rights and titles of approximately 200 sq km [20,000 hectares] of land in the northern part of Nootka Island, on the western edge of Vancouver Island...
Harry and Meghan: What to look out for in the Netflix series
... He is waiting to board a flight to Canada, where he and Meghan were staying at the time on Vancouver Island...
British Columbia: Petrol rations after Canada storm
... Helicopters stationed on Vancouver Island and other s parts of British Columbia might also be called on to ferry supplies and emergency personnel or evacuate residents...
Trump says Harry, and Meghan will have to pay for security
... The couple and their son Archie have spent much of the year, resident in Canada, west coast, after a six-week Christmas break on Vancouver Island...
British Columbia: Petrol rations after Canada storm
A Canadian province is rationing petrol over fuel shortage fears after a major storm cut Off Road and rail links.
Canadian Armed Forces personnel have begun arriving in British Columbia to help with recovery efforts in the flood-stricken region.
On Friday the province issued travel restrictions and rations on petrol, just a few days after declaring a state of emergency.
At least one person has been confirmed dead, but more deaths are expected.
British Columbia Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth said non-essential traffic would be restricted while they rebuild the highway network. Fearing a fuel shortage, he called on people only to fill their vehicles with 30 litres per trip to the petrol station until 1 December.
He did not say how close the province was to running out of gas, and said he would not send police to enforce the ration.
" It's 10 to 11 days where we have to pull together as a province, if we're greedy, we'll fail, " he told media on Friday.
" The overwhelming majority of people will do The Right thing, " he added.
With major highways shut and the Canadian Pacific rail line facing multiple track outages, the federal government is looking into alternatives to help supplies flow into the affected area.
US border officials have allowed truckers who don't usually cross The Border to access roads so they can deliver supplies, the province says.
As of Friday, approximately 14,000 residents were still displaced from their homes. A major agricultural region, almost 1,000 farms are under an evacuation order and thousands of Farm Animals have already been trapped and killed by the floods.
More Than 100 soldiers have been deployed to the area So Far and more Stand By . Helicopters stationed on Vancouver Island and other's parts of British Columbia might also be called on to ferry supplies and emergency personnel or evacuate residents.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has pledged to " to do more to help people directly. "
Plans to build a 2. 5 km levee were scrapped in favour of building a dike. Heavy rains are expected to sweep through the area next week.
Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Abbotsford mayor Henry Braun said that water levels are still rising in several areas near The Town .
" We Are not out of this thing by a Long Shot , " Mr Braun said.
He estimated that repairing Abbotsford after The Storm may cost up to C$1bn ($790m, £590m).
Source of news: bbc.com
