In short form, we in British Columbia have BC Day to celebrate the pioneers who built the Colony into the great Province it is today. And because when it was brought in everybody else had the first MOnday in August off already.
Bob Kronbauer at the Vancouver Is Awesome site wrote an excellent post last year to explain the history of the day in more detail. [via]
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Respect | B.C. Women
British Columbian women won the right to vote in Provincial elections, on this date in 1917.
Last year Daniel Francis at KnowBC wrote an excellent post about this important event. [knowbc]
Last year Daniel Francis at KnowBC wrote an excellent post about this important event. [knowbc]
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