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A Canadian search-and-rescue group said it had conducted two missions recently after hikers “may have sought to follow” a nonexistent trail on Google Maps. By Amanda Holpuch A search-and ...
Dr. Brian Thom, UVic anthropologist and key indigenous leader with Google Earth Outreach, speaks with Stz'uminus First Nation elder Ray Harris near Ladysmith, B.C., on May 29, 2014, about how they ...
North Shore Rescue (NSR) can't say for sure that the appearance of a non-existent hiking trail in the Google Maps app was responsible for all three dangerous and costly search-and-rescue ...
British Columbia Google says it's updating Canadian parks listed as state parks in its search and maps The categorization pre-dates 51st state rhetoric but is getting fresh attention with concerns ...
A pair of reports out of British Columbia are detailing the complex, expensive and under resourced process of repatriating Indigenous historical items or remains back to their homes.
B.C. is home to 32 First Nations languages, and they’re all threatened. The First Peoples’ Language Map of British Columbia shows where they’re spoken.
Officials on Wednesday reported 374 active fires in British Columbia, along Canada's west coast. To the east, Alberta had the second-highest number of active blazes with 126 while Quebec, which ...
Canada Food Flows, a new project from the University of British Columbia, can show you. The interactive website maps, for the first time, the flow of 34 popular fruits and vegetables into and across ...