Vancouver rundown for Thursday, February 13, 2025.
Premier David Eby says BC is looking for other non-American customers.
The comment comes as Eby and some fellow premiers wrap up their meetings with members of the
Trump administration in Washington, DC.
The premier described the meeting as mostly positive, but US lawmakers are already pushing
back on Eby's comments that Canada becoming a 51st state is a non-starter.
Donald Trump did not meet with the premiers.
Other news.
Four men have been arrested on dozens of charges as RCMP raided a so-called fraud factory in
Pitt Metals.
Burnaby RCMP say the move follows a two-year investigation.
Police seized two excavators purchased through fraud.
Industrial printers, engravers, a VIN stamping machine, blank documents, a gun, and ammunition.
A New Westminster man has died after being struck by a work truck on McBride Boulevard.
It happened Tuesday night and resulted in the road being closed for several hours.
New Westminster police hope to talk to witnesses as they piece together the circumstances.
Hello Ferries is considering adding a second route from Vancouver to Vancouver Island.
It comes as the private passenger ferry service reports a 50% increase in customers on its
Vancouver to Nanaimo run.
Hello runs 12 trips per day for about $40 per adult passenger each way.
And clouds on Thursday afternoon, windy at times, clouds on Friday, rain for Saturday.
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