Vancouver rundown for Friday, March 7, 2025.
The trust is gone, and with those words, Premier David Eby has announced a provincial toll
for trucks heading through BC to Alaska.
Eby calls it a show of strength and an answer to the tariffs imposed by Donald Trump that
are hurting families on both sides of the border.
The move comes as Trump announces a pause on some tariffs for Canadian and Mexican goods
until April 2.
The new BC legislation also allows for the removal of many inter-provincial trade barriers.
Other news, taxpayers are now footing the bill for Mayor Ken Sim to get increased police
protection.
The heightened security follows bomb threats, protester visits, and the odd shove directed
at the Mayor of Vancouver.
It's also in addition to the quarter of a million dollars already spent on extra police
protection for Sim over the past four months.
Another patient in the Fraser Health region has come down with a case of the measles.
Health officials say this one is not related to previous infections in the lower mainland
last month, but is thought to have also been picked up during a visit to Southeast Asia.
Fraser Health warns patients who visited Royal Columbians Emergency Ward between Monday afternoon
and Tuesday morning that they may have been exposed.
Patients with any symptoms are asked to call health care providers before heading to any
clinic or emergency room.
One person is dead, another badly hurt after a crash on Highway 10 near 144th Street in
Surrey.
It happened at around 7am Thursday morning.
The cause is still being figured out.
A mix of sun and cloud for Friday.
Rain in the forecast for the weekend for both Saturday and Sunday.
For all the details on these local Vancouver area stories along with those links, go to
vancaferundown.substack.com.