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The Last Word: Pig War
San Juan Island, situated between Vancouver Island and the west coast of Washington state, was once the subject of a war. Sort of.
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Vancouver
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VANCOUVER ISLAND
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Bust of Mahatma Gandhi beheaded on B.C. university campus
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