Columbia

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That’s attracted major productions including HBO’s apocalypse drama “The Last of Us,” which filmed its first season in Alberta; and FX’s “Shogun,” which shot in British Columbia, long a film hub.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

The research involved scientists from the University of California, Berkeley; the University of Minnesota; and the University of British Columbia.

From Science Daily • Apr. 12, 2026

The arch, resembling the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, is proposed for a traffic circle on Columbia Island, which sits in the Potomac River that hugs Washington.

From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026

Such annual fees are the law in more than 30 states and the District of Columbia.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

It wasn’t his looks that made him her much-needed dinner; it was his T-shirt, a classic from the Columbia University Hillel with the university’s name spelled out phonetically in Hebrew.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny