British Columbia

"We are committed to delivering a middle-class tax cut that will benefit 90 per cent of people who file taxes in B.C. This will mean up to $1,000 in tax cuts for the average family every year."

"And the only really good thing about the province of British Columbia is that it's right next to us, Cuz Alberta, doesn't suck"

"As I was a-walking on down Broughton Street, To me, way, heigh, blow the man down, I went into Speedie's me shipmates to meet, Gi' me some time to blow the man down."

"A story I will tell you of the salty fisherman, Of all the little rivers and inlets of the coast, He seems to like Pender Harbour to bum around the most."

"Bitter days, on the fishing grounds. And we tacked off Hippa, in a dirty lump, And the pigs were bouncing, man, and you could see them jump"

"Downstream ever further from our native nowheres (paradise, wilderness) we ooh and aah harder over these sockeye come three hundred miles upstream"

"Here comes Henry Currie, he's always in a hurry Teaming up the Cariboo road He makes his horses go through the dust and through the snow Teaming up the Cariboo road"

"Huge orange flying boat rises off a lake Thousand-year-old petroglyphs doing a double take"

"in a place called Canada West On Williams Creek they called me green and Johnny come lately But, ah, I came from Canada, I ain't from the old country"

"In Port Hardy one morning I cast off my lines The sea was all smooth and the weather just fine And for Castle Rock I was headed away Where the coho flash silver all over the bay"

"Leaving B.C. A thousand faces without names Unknown souls all look the same A thousand people pass me by In this city of dreams my soul Dies"

"oh yeah these BC people oh yeah they make me feel fine oooo extreme are your seasons carving beauty as they rest"

"Plus, British Columbia's real nice This time of year And when she gets there She says she'll phone"

"Stand with Baillie-Grohman in 1882 on the shoulder of the Purcells gazing east and north up the Rocky Mountain trench but bear with his southwest intentions for the arable flood plain near Creston he'll sell once reclaimed from the Kootenay's high water re-routing its headwaters here with a trench of his own into the Columbia."

"The flavour is its own reward, like kissing the whole world at once, rivers, willows, bugs and all, until your swollen lips tingle."

"There's an island up north out in Queen Charlotte Sound"

"the ... impact on the provincial deficit added up to $550 million"

"The testing of cruise missiles in Canada proved very contentious. The government explained its decision in both political and technical terms. Politically, testing demonstrated alliance solidarity over the modernization of NATO's nuclear deterrent. Technically, testing the missile over terrain similar to that of the northern Soviet Union would improve its effectiveness, and allow the North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD) to develop an anti-cruise capability. The tests would take place in a 2,200-kilometre test corridor that included parts of the Northwest Territories, British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan. Tests could involve either releasing the missile in a "free flight" to its target, or allowing its guidance system to direct both the missile and the launch aircraft to the target in a "captive carry" test. The tests take several hours, and involve a number of aircraft in both Canada and the United States, from tankers to fighters to Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) planes. After the first few years of tests, attention shifted from monitoring the missile itself to attempting to track and intercept it. In order to simulate the climate of the northern Soviet Union, most cruise missile tests in Canada have taken place in the winter months."

"Flooding is affecting many areas of BC"

"If you receive an evacuation alert: be ready to leave on short notice"

"If you receive an evacuation order: you are at risk and need to leave the area immediately"

"For latest updates follow"

"@EmergencyInfoBC"

"#BCFlood #BCStorm"

"We know it's difficult but help is on the way"

"Work is underway to rescue those vehicles and those people now. While we continue to face challenging weather conditions, we can see an improved forecast ahead, which will assist with the recovery and reopening of roads."

"Many people have been rescued by helicopters from mudslides near Agassiz and Hope, with crews working to rescue the remaining people in the next few hours"

"#BCHwy1 - CLOSED in both directions in #Abbotsford between Sumas Way and No. 3 Rd due to flooding. Estimated time of opening unavailable, please avoid the area."

"We were going westbound and there were huge lines of traffic ... and all of a sudden, I noticed there's no vehicles behind us, which was odd"

"We must have just missed the first [landslide] and now somehow we're between both of them"

"I definitely heard people screaming for help"

"It's kind of helpless to feel like you're between a very vulnerable mountainside side and the Fraser River on the other side. And there's really nothing you can do about it, but hope nothing comes down on top of you"

"(Fatalities are) never an easy thing for our team to deal with but we prepare ourselves as best we can"

"We did that with the western part of Sumas Prairie yesterday and now we’ve got boots on the ground on the eastern half of Sumas Prairie. And once we have secured the safety of our residents, we will turn our minds to other things"

"It breaks my heart to see what’s going on in our city.”"

"So sorry to hear this (Police confirm the body of a woman has been recovered from a landslide on a highway near Lillooet BC. Two more people are believed to be missing and authorities believe there may have been other occupied vehicles that were lost in the landslide. @cbcnewsbc)"

"A provincewide state of emergency is very much on the table"

"Live at the Barrowtown pump station in Abbotsford: 150 local volunteers working to sandbag the electrical transformers against the rising Sumas River #abbotsfordflood #barrowtown"

"If you actually have enough smoke, the power can go to ground through the smoke particulate"

"What you're going to be doing is in fact broadcasting to a larger area and (causing) the potential for panic and putting strain on emergency resources, which are working overtime and round-the-clock to deal with the situation"

"The order [state of emergency] will preserve basic access to services and supplies for communities across the province. We will bring in travel restrictions and ensure that transportation of essential goods and medical and emergency services are able to reach the communities that need them."

"Please do not hoard items. What you need, your neighbours need as well."

"Even the experts were just completely surprised by it. I think all British Columbians fully understand that now we have to better prepare for events like this. But we couldn’t have even imagined it six months ago."

"If you are in the Sumas Prairie and have not already evacuated, you must do so immediately. Do not stay for livestock or property. Flood conditions have escalated quickly and pose a significant risk to life . This event is anticipated to be catastrophic. Residents who cannot evacuate safely are asked to call 911 and report your location immediately."

"I have also been in contact with Bill Blair, federal Minister of Emergency Preparedness, to request federal assistance on this incident and the flooding situation in general. This includes Canadian Armed Forces ground and air support"

"[ Chilliwack ] lifted the alert for Yarrow and Majuba hill "after carefully monitoring the flood situation in Abbotsford""

"We know that tens of thousands of animals, including entire herds and flocks, have been lost"

"Some of the lines (for the waste-water treatment plant) are badly damaged in the flood areas. This is one of the reasons why there may be a house that isn’t damaged by flooding, but because the sewer and water lines are integrated in those area (Like phase 3), we need to make sure its safe for people to be using those systems and make sure it’s isolated from the damaged sections"

"We’re working to bring the water system back online in sections of the city. Lines need to be flushed, debris needs to be cleared"

"We had one atmospheric river yesterday. It brought between 40 and 60 millimetres, even more in the w:Howe Sound region and it has saturated the soils … what is forecast for this weekend, will be storm No. 2, and again for next week, Tuesday and Wednesday, will be storm No. 3-in-a-row. These are coming back-to-back-to-back with very little time in between."