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Canadian Authorities Investigating Ice-Encased Dog

DAWSON, British Columbia -- Authorities have launched an animal cruelty investigation after a dog was discovered encased inside a block of ice on a British Columbia man's front lawn. BCSPA / CP / AP A British Columbia man found this dog, encased in a block of ice, on his front lawn on Jan. 15. The dead dog was...

Pranksters Blamed for Turning Canadian River Fluorescent Green

The Goldstream River didn't live up to its name last month when the Canadian waterway started flowing bright green. The river, which runs through the city of Langford, British Columbia, turned a fluorescent green on Dec. 30, when a passer-by captured stunning video of the verdant waterway. At first it wasn't clear what...

Animal Activists Aflutter Over Real-Piglet Piggy Bank

(Nov. 12) -- Hey, kids, how'd you like to have a piggy bank made from an actual pig? Well, now you can, courtesy of Vancouver, British Columbia, novelty retailer TheCheeky.com, which is offering authentic taxidermied piglet piggy banks for sale on its site. And if you start saving now you might be able to afford one by...

Marlins Consider Relocating 2011 Series Against Mariners to Canada

The Marlins have become somewhat accustomed to taking their show on the road the last few years, with series in San Juan, Puerto Rico popping up occasionally. They might still end up back at good old Hiram Bithorn Stadium in 2011, but they're also considering relocating a home series about as far away from home as...

Sockeye Surprise: Salmon Return in Massive Numbers

(Sept. 10) -- Call it a miracle of the fishes. For the past three years, the sockeye salmon population plummeted in Canada's Fraser River. In 2009, the number of the red-skinned fish returning to spawn hit just 1.5 million, a 50-year low that seemed to portend the possible end to a way of life for local fisherman and...

Background on british columbia

British Columbia (B.C. or BC) (, 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").

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