| 1990s
|
 |
Rita
Johnston becomes BC's premier after the conflict-of-interest
resignation of Bill Vander Zalm. |
|
Victoria
hosts the Commonwealth Games, which boost a $60
million increase in tourism revenues. |
|
World's
tallest (55-metre) totem pole erected in Victoria. |
|
In
the 1980s, concern about the environment had focused
on areas such as the Carmanah and Walbran forests,
Meares and South Moresby islands. Now the focus
is on Clayoquot Sound, where people protesting logging
practices are arrested for blocking logging roads. |
|
Royal
Roads Military College reopens as Royal Roads University,
an extension of the University of Victoria. |
|
Nisga'a
land claim settlement aims to create accord between
whites and aboriginals. |
|
Automated
stations replace BC's manned lighthouses. |
|
The
worst snowstorm in the history of Victoria dumps
a record 67 centimetres on a city that is ill-prepared
to deal with it. Neighbours help neighbours. Farmers'
tractors help clear roads. |
|
Leonardo
da Vinci Exhibit at Royal BC Museum draws a record
450,000 visitors. |
|
Minor
early-morning earthquake causes Victorians to revisit
earthquake-preparedness. |
|
Islanders
welcome the New Millennium. |
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