The province is currently governed by the BC Liberal Party, led by Premier Christy Clark, who became leader as a result of the party election on February 26, 2011.

As of August, 2011, the College of Midwives of BC reported 182 General, 3 Temporary, 1 Conditional, 32 Non-practicing Registrant midwives.

On 5 May 2011 his " The Meeting of Antony and Cleopatra: 41 BC " was sold at the same auction house for $ 29. 2 million.

In 2011 UVic Law was authorized to open a new research facility at Hakia Beach, BC in association with the Tula Foundation.

As reported in 2011, Chinese archaeologists have uncovered the remains of an imperial sized palace — dated to about 1700 BC — at Erlitou in Henan, lending further questions to the existence of the dynasty.

* In 2011, a series of bronze sculptures of Fox in motion, designed by author Douglas Coupland and depicting Fox running toward the Pacific Ocean, was unveiled outside of BC Place in downtown Vancouver.

* In 2011, in Robin Scory v. Glen Valley Watersheds Society, a BC court ruled that " an order for special costs acts as a deterrent to litigants whose purpose is to interfere with the democratic process ,” and that “ Public participation and dissent is an important part of our democratic system .” However, such awards remained rare.

* Crookes v. Openpolitics. ca, filed May 2006 Supreme Court of BC, and a series of related suits leading to a unanimous October 2011 ruling by the Supreme Court of Canada in Crookes v. Newton upholding the rights of online debaters to link freely to third parties without fear of liability for contents at the other end of the link.

On August 26, 2011, the results of the referendum were revealed by Elections BC, with 55 % of 1. 6 million voters in favour of abolishing the HST.

The 2011 Vanier Cup game was played at BC Place in Vancouver for the first time.

Three times, the game has been played in the same city and during the same weekend as the Grey Cup: 1973 and 2007 in Toronto and the 2011 game was played in Vancouver at BC Place Stadium.

BC has reached the championship game 31 times and has won the Beanpot 16 times, including the 2010, 2011 and 2012 championships.

Due to the installation of a retractable roof at BC Place, the Lions played at a temporary stadium located at Empire Field for the 2010 season and for the first five regular season games of the 2011 season.

: Stadiums: Empire Stadium ( 1954 – 1982 ), Empire Field ( 2010 – 2011 ), BC Place Stadium ( 1983 – 2009, 2011 – present ).

As of 2011 the BC Lions Football Club Executive Committee consisted of four people: David Braley, Owner, BC Lions Football Club-Governor, CFL ; Dennis Skulsky, President & CEO-Alternate Governor, CFL ; Wally Buono, General Manager & Vice President, Football Operations, Alternate Governor, CFL ; and George Chayka, Vice President, Business.

On August 26, 2011, the results of the referendum were revealed by Elections BC, with 55 % of 1. 6 million voters in favour of abolishing the HST.

* Ken Lehmann – player ( LB ), 2011 ( Ottawa Rough Riders 1964 – 71 ; BC Lions 1972 ).

* Don Matthews – builder, 2011 ( Edmonton Eskimos as assistant coach 1977 – 82 ; BC Lions as head coach 1983 – 87 ; Toronto Argonauts as head coach 1990, 1996 – 98, 2008 ; Saskatchewan Roughriders as head coach, 1991 – 93 ; Baltimore Stallions as head coach 1994 – 95 ; Edmonton Eskimos as head coach 1999 – 2000 ; Montreal Alouettes as head coach 2002 – 06 ).

* Danny McManus – player ( QB ), 2011 ( Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1990 – 92 ; BC Lions 1993 – 95 ; Edmonton Eskimos 1996 – 97 ; Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1998 – 2005 ; Calgary Stampeders 2006 ).

When he died of leukemia on August 18, 2011, he was mourned by people of all political stripes and beliefs, including former BC Premier Harcourt and Bob Rae, leader of the Liberal Party of Canada.

" Garber and MLS president Mark Abbott were in Vancouver on December 7, 2008 to tour BC Place Stadium and learn about the proposed renovations, which were scheduled to be completed in time for the 2011 MLS season.

In July 2011, Bergomi left Monza to accept the same position at Atalanta BC.

In the 2011 court case AT & T Mobility v. Concepcion, the U. S. Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision that the Federal Arbitration Act of 1925 preempts state laws that prohibit contracts from disallowing class action lawsuits, which will make it more difficult for consumers to file class action lawsuits.

Further, the Supreme Court has declared itself as having the power to rule a treaty as void by declaring it " unconstitutional ", although as of 2011, it has never exercised this power.

Following the Egyptian Revolution of 2011, and the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak, executive power was assumed by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, which dissolved the parliament, and suspended the constitution.

Following the 11 February 2011 resignation of president Hosni Mubarak, Egypt came under the authority of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, commonly referred to as the Military Council.

Senior members of the military can convene for the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, so during the course of the Egyptian Revolution of 2011, when Mubarak resigned and transferred power to this body on February 11, 2011.

* Egypt ’ s Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, The New York Times, February 10, 2011

* 2011 – The first wave of the Egyptian revolution culminates in the resignation of Hosni Mubarak and the transfer of power to the Supreme Military Council after 18 days of protests.

On January 19, 2011, the Supreme Court overturned the Ninth Circuit decision, ruling that the background checks did not violate any constitutional privacy right that the employees may have had.

On May 31, 2011, the Supreme Court threw out the lawsuit against Ashcroft regarding Abdullah al-Kidd.

On October 28, 2011, the Supreme Court of the Netherlands decided that the legally forced end of squatting can only occur after an intervention of a judge.

2419 ( 2011 ), the Supreme Court ruled that the exclusionary rule does not apply to a Fourth Amendment violation resulting from a reasonable reliance on binding appellate precedent.

On January 3, 2011, in The People v. Gregory Diaz, the Supreme Court of California ruled for allowing warrantless search by the police of suspects ' cell phones at the time of the arrest, on the grounds of preventing destruction of evidence such as text messages:

The U. S. Supreme Court's decision in Davis v. Federal Election Commission, however, cast considerable doubt on the constitutionality of these provisions, and in 2011 the Supreme Court held that key provisions of the Arizona law – most notably its matching fund provisions – were unconstitutionalal in Arizona Free Enterprise Club's Free Enterprise Club PAC v. Bennett.

In 2011, in Bond v. United States, the U. S. Supreme Court held a criminal defendant has standing to challenge the federal statute that he or she is charged with violating as being unconstitutional under the Tenth Amendment.

A United States Supreme Court appeal of this decision was denied on June 13, 2011.

In 2011, Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer ( who worked with Senator Kennedy on airline deregulation in the 1970s ) wrote:

Following the California Supreme Court's decision to uphold the 2011 decision by the State to abolish redevelopment agencies it was decided by the Mayor of Escondido, Sam Abed, that the city would not be able to build the proposed stadium.

As of 2011, Warren was the last Supreme Court justice to have served as governor of a U. S. state, the last justice to have been elected to statewide elected office, and the last serving politician to be elevated to the Supreme Court.

Sortu was banned in March 2011 from registering as a political party by the Supreme Court of Spain.

On March 16, 2011, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that Jefferson County's 2009 occupational tax law was passed unconstitutionally, in a decision that dealt a devastating financial blow to a county considering bankruptcy.

The California Supreme Court declined to hear the appeal on March 23, 2011.

The United States Supreme Court in March 2011 ruled in Snyder v. Phelps that church members had a free speech right to picket.