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1910

1910

The Laurier Memorial

Interior chiefs make a direct appeal to the prime minister

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1911

Prince Rupert’s Wobblies

A riot breaks out at a protest organized by the Industrial Workers of the World Union

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1912

The Champion Newspaper

Women demand suffrage in a publication singularly dedicated to the cause

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1912

Vancouver Island Coal Strike

Unsafe working conditions, low pay and union busting prompt long-lasting protests

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1913

The McKenna-McBride Commission

Indigenous continue to fight for land rights but lose more valuable territory

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1914

Women in the War

B.C. women go to work, at home and overseas

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1914

The Hell's Gate Landslide

Railroad construction causes a landslide that blocks millions of spawning salmon

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1914

Komagata Maru

A transpacific voyage turns into a dramatic standoff over a discriminatory immigration law

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1914

The First World War

Conflict overseas comes to transform B.C.

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1917

The Founding of Paldi

Short-lived mill town near Duncan becomes a multicultural oasis

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1917

(Some) Women Get the Vote

B.C. grants Caucasian women the right to vote after a decades-long fight

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1917

George McLean, War Hero

Member of Okanagan Indian Band was awarded Britain’s second-highest medal

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1918

Helena Gutteridge

A suffragist fights for working class women in B.C.

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1918

The Death of Ginger Goodwin

The shooting of an outspoken miner and labour activist sparks Canada's first general strike

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1918

Spanish Flu Hits B.C.

A third of the province falls ill during a once-in-a-century pandemic

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1918

First World War Ends

Soldiers return to Canada — accompanied by a deadly new virus

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