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A central registry of divorce proceedings has been kept in Canada since July 2, 1968. If there is another divorce application involving the same two spouses, the Registry lets the courts know. Courts must complete an application form and send it to the Registry for each divorce application received.
In 1867, the Colony of British Columbia had declared that the laws of England, as they stood at November 19, 1858, were to apply "so far as they are not from local circumstances inapplicable". [8] This declaration was later held to have included the English Matrimonial Causes Act 1857 as it stood at that time. [ 9 ]
Pemberton Holmes Real Estate is a Canadian real-estate company located in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.It is considered one of the oldest family-owned real estate companies in North America; in continuous operation since 1887.
On June 15, 2005, a B.C. Supreme Court judge in Nanaimo granted British Columbia's first same-sex divorce in the case of J.S. v. C.F.. [6] Although same-sex marriage had been legal in British Columbia for two years, the Divorce Act still defined marriage as being "between a man and a woman".
In 1999, the Footes purchased an unfinished condominium property in Victoria, British Columbia, and construction was complete in 2001. They then spent three summers there. Around the same time, they made plans to sell their residence on Norfolk Island, but it was not advertised for sale. In 2004 Mr. Foote died.
Asian Markets rose Thursday. In Japan the Nikkei 225 Index advanced 2.2% to close at 10,621. Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index added 1% to finish at 20,422 and China's Shanghai Composite Index gained 2. ...
Ken Roueche, "A FAIRFIELD HISTORY": The story of the many great Canadians who have called Fairfield home: the Father of British Columbia, the Hanging Judge and the Royal Family of Hockey, just to name a few. And, the events that shaped Fairfield including The Guns of Dallas Road, the 1909 real estate boom and the arrival of the streetcars.
The Ross Bay Villa is a historic house museum, at 1490 Fairfield Road in Victoria, British Columbia, owned and operated by the Ross Bay Villa Society. [1] The single-family home, built in 1865, is a Heritage Designated building in the City of Victoria. [2] The Villa is one of only about 10 residences in Victoria known to survive from before 1870.