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

    America   Three   Coast  
    Ellsworth Huntington (2016). “A Chronicle of Aboriginal America: Juvenile History - - American”, p.56, VM eBooks
  • I grew up in Vancouver, British Columbia.

    Interview with Sandra Bullock, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 26, 2009.
  • In one line of his poem he said good fences make good neighbors. I'd like to think that Alaska and British Columbia working together can prove that we can be pretty darned good neighbors without fences.

  • One of the things I do know about investment from around the world and job creators: they won't come to British Columbia if our attitude is well, "no," or all of our processes are just going to be a way of making sure you can't get to "yes." They'll just go somewhere else. Those jobs will be somewhere else.

    Source: www.macleans.ca
  • To put it in context, the federal government was, at the beginning [of the Vancouver meeting], talking about a $15-per-tonne floor for carbon emissions. We're at $30 a tonne, so we're already double that. But our economy is growing at a faster rate - three per cent of GDP is our projected growth in British Columbia.

    Source: www.macleans.ca
  • Say did you read in the papers about a bunch of Women up in British Columbia as a protest against high taxes, sit out in the open naked, and they wouldent put their clothes on? The authorities finally turned a Sprayer that you use on trees, on 'em. That may lead into quite a thing. Woman comes into the tax office nude, saying I won't pay. Well they can't search her and get anything. It sounds great. How far is it to British Columbia?

    Clothes   Office   Tree  
    Will Rogers, James Smallwood, Steven K. Gragert (1982). “Will Rogers' Weekly Articles: The Harding”
  • The B.C. spirit bear symbolizes the essence of the spirit of British Columbia. It is a powerful presence and a thing of wonder that lives in a magical land of beauty, grace and unbridled potential.

    Powerful   Land   Essence  
  • There is much to be said against the climate on the coast of British Columbia and Alaska; yet, I believe that the scenery of one good day will compensate the tourists who will go there in increasing numbers.

  • I even got a letter from a young woman in British Columbia that began as follows: 'Today I am eighteen. I am sitting at the window, looking out at the rain, and thinking how much I love you.'

    Isaac Asimov (2009). “I, Asimov: A Memoir”, p.426, Bantam
  • As a kid in British Columbia, going back a long way, I learned to skate.

    Sports   Kids   Long  
    The IGN Interview, ca.ign.com. December 1, 2003.
  • I have been to Canada several times. It was autumn when I visited Vancouver and I will always remember the colour of the trees in British Columbia were stunning.

    Autumn   Tree   Vancouver  
    "'Start as young as possible': Adventurous Game of Thrones star Natalie Dormer on the importance of travel (and why she always packs a hat to hide her greasy hair)". Interview with Anucyia Victor, www.dailymail.co.uk. September 15, 2014.
  • Among the worst examples is that of the Alberni Indian Residential School (British Columbia) where, during the 1920s, children caught talking Indian suffered the hideous ordeal of having sewing needles pushed through their tongues.

    "The Genocidal Impact of American Indian Residential Schools". Book by Ward Churchill, November 2004.
  • The art of British Columbia's native Indians played a big role in inspiring my creativity... the simplicity of the images, the graciousness of the lines and curves, and the emotional impact of the bright simple primary colours.

    Art   Creativity   Simple  
  • I grew up near the sea in British Columbia and San Francisco, and lived in Malibu and Fiji for years. I get uncomfortable being too far inland.

  • The natives of British Columbia live largely upon the fish which abound in their seas and rivers. If the fish do not come in due season, and the Indians are hungry, A Nootka wizard will make an image of a swimming fish and put it into the water in the direction from which the fish generally appear. This ceremony, accompanied by a prayer to the fish to come, will cause them to arrive at once.

    Prayer   Swimming   Sea  
    "The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion". Book by James G. Frazer, 1890.
  • I know there are some people in British Columbia who are still holding a vigil for '3rd Rock'.

    Rocks   People   Columbia  
    "Biography/Personal Quotes".
  • Marriage commissioners who choose not to marry homosexuals are being fired. A Knights of Columbus chapter in British Columbia is in court because it chooses not allow a lesbian group to use its facility for marriage ceremonies. The list goes on.

    Knights   Groups   Use  
    House of Commons Debates, www.ourcommons.ca. March 24, 2005.
  • Mountain Pine bark beetles need -37°C (-35°F) for three days to freeze to death. Unfortunately, with global warming, that no longer happens in British Columbia [Canada]. This means the population of the beetles have exploded. They have destroyed more forests than all the environmentalists put together have saved.

  • You can't say British Columbia's carbon tax is exactly the same as increasing hydroelectricity rates in another province. They're very different mechanisms, but we shouldn't deny that both of them can have an impact, and that's why we're talking about this broadly.

    Source: www.macleans.ca
  • I loved working on 'Happy Gilmore' because I love to travel to new places and we got to go to British Columbia. Any Adam Sandler film is fun to work on because it is a reunion of the boys club of guys that have worked together in the past.

    Fun   Boys   Past  
    "Paul Mann: Master Comedian Kevin Nealon Talks About His Career, Tour". Interview with L. Paul Mann, www.noozhawk.com. January 13, 2012.
  • Our Government is pleased to partner with the Kelowna Visual and Performing Arts Centre Society, located in the heart of British Columbia's vibrant Central Okanagan region. Support for the performing arts is essential for the professional growth and development of our Canadian artists.

  • When I was a crusade director in British Columbia, all of our meetings were at 9:03. Somebody said 'That's ridiculous. Why did you do that?' It's because you remember it. You've never been to another 9:03 meeting.

  • As many as three million people are expected to attend the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, British Columbia. The security concerns and economic opportunities are great for both Canada and Washington state.

  • There are a few Chinese smuggled in over the borders of British Columbia on the north and Mexico on the south.

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