Vancouver Rundown Thursday April 3, 2025

Apr 03, 2025

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Many business leaders in B.C. and the rest of Canada are expressing tenuous relief as they escape Donald Trump’s additional tariffs. Canada will still be charged 25 per cent tariffs on most autos, steel, aluminum and other non-USMCA goods. The U-S president used his so-called ‘Liberation Day’ speech to list sweeping tariffs on most countries - starting at 10 per cent for those such as the UK and going into the high double digits for some Asian countries.

Other news…

A roofing company in Bellingham appears to be the first Washington state business to be hit by Trump’s promised immigration raids. Immigration officers arrested 37 people at a warehouse operated by Mount Baker Roofing on Wednesday morning. They’re accused of having falsified immigration documents. The workers are Spanish speaking but their countries of origin are unclear.

Vancouver Police Chief Adam Palmer is moving to the RCMP. Glacier Media has seen internal RCMP documents showing the outgoing Chief Constable will have a new role with oversight over service models, police culture, reform and accountability. Palmer will remain based in Vancouver.

Turnout for advance voting in the Vancouver civic byelection has broken previous records. The first two days has seen 7, 671 Vancouverites casting a ballot for two available council seats. That’s an increase of 84 per cent over 2017’s advance voting.

Some morning fog on Thursday, otherwise mostly sunny. Sunny and warmer for Friday and Saturday. Here are the latest conditions from our private weather station in Surrey.