U.S. President Donald Trump says he will slap a 25 per cent tariff on medium and heavy-duty truck imports, an announcement that comes just a day before he meets with Prime Minister Mark Carney.
Trump made the announcement in a post on his social media platform Truth Social saying the new tariff rate will begin Nov. 1.
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A statement from officers in the Metro Vancouver municipality says first responders were called to Clarke Road near St Johns Street, for a report of a flipped commercial vehicle around 10:40 a.m. on Tuesday.
Police have released the name of a homicide victim whose remains were found during a bush fire in Langley, B.C., last year, as they appeal for witnesses in the case. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says Michael Kashani was 36 years old when he died last September, leaving "a void in his family and community."
A 24-year-old pedestrian struck by a vehicle last week in Burnaby has died. Police say the woman was hit the night of Dec. 17 and taken to hospital in critical condition where she later died.
A forecaster says ripe avalanche conditions are expected to persist across much of British Columbia for the rest of the week. Large swaths of the province, stretching from the coast to the Alberta boundary, are under "considerable" or "moderate" avalanche danger warnings.
The ferry firm said the "severe" forecast meant all sailings between Tsawwassen and Duke Point in Nanaimo on Wednesday had to be axed, while trips between Tsawwassen and Swartz Bay between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. were also scrapped.
Mounties in Burnaby are asking for the public's help identifying a suspect believed to have defrauded a senior of thousands of dollars by posing as a bank employee. Police say they received a report in September saying a man called the victim and was able to obtain their date of birth and passwords.