"These are extraordinary events. Not measured before, not contemplated before. [the extreme weather events of 2021 will lead to a host of initiatives to help communities adapt in the future] but there was nothing, nothing that could have been done [to prepare for] a three-times-the-historic-high volume of water travelling through Merritt in one day."
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Death toll in B.C. expected to rise after record flooding devastates province (published November 17 updated November 18)
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John Horgan
John Joseph Horgan (August 7, 1959 – November 12, 2024) was a Canadian politician serving as the 36th and from July 2017 to November 2022. He was leader of the from 2014 to 2022, and MLA for the constituency of and its predecessors from 2005 to 2023.
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