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  • B.C. was host to the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Vancouver and Whistler.
  • Vancouver is B.C.'s biggest city and is home to the Canucks of the National Hockey League, the Canadian Football League’s BC Lions and Major League Soccer’s new franchise, the Whitecaps.
  • B.C. has developed an international reputation for hosting world-class sporting events. Over the past few years these events have included:
    • 2005 and 2011 Grey Cup games
    • 2010 World Wheelchair Rugby Championship
    • 2009 World Police & Fire Games
    • 2008 North American Indigenous Games
    • 2008 World Women’s Curling Championship
    • 2007 FIFA Under 20 World Cup Soccer
    • 2007 World Men’s Curling Championship
    • 2006 World Junior Hockey Championship
    • 2005 World Men’s Curling Championship