This past weekend British Columbians enthusiastically embraced the Victoria Day long weekend, after cleaning up from windstorms that knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of residents, and despite the unseasonably cold spring weather.
Regardless of the weather, Victoria Day marks the informal start of summer in Canada, but as the name suggests it’s also a celebration of our historic connection to the British empire.
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