"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."

"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."

"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"

"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."

"There’s a complete disconnect here in B.C. Why is B.C. not using this technology?”"

"I wanted to be... a lumberjack! Leaping from tree to tree, as they float down the mighty rivers of British Columbia. The Giant Redwood. The Larch. The Fir! The mighty Scots Pine!"

"The coast of British Columbia was one of the three chief centers of aboriginal America."

"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."

"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"

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

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

"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"

"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."

"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."

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

"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."

"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"

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

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

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

"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)"

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

"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"

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

"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"

"I definitely heard people screaming for help"

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

"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"

"#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."

"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"

"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."

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

"#BCFlood #BCStorm"

"@EmergencyInfoBC"

"For latest updates follow"

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

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