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Vancouver rundown for Friday, March 14, 2025.

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The Eby government has introduced wide -scoped

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emergency legislation, giving the province broad

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powers to respond to U .S. tariffs on Canadian

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goods. Premier David Eby says the measures are

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required to ensure B .C. is not at the whim of

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one person in the White House. The move is intended

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to remove interprovincial trade barriers, slap

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tolls on bridges and ferries, and unilaterally

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change any rules impacting BC's economy. The

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legislation is supported by both the Greater

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Vancouver Board of Trade and the Business Council

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of BC. Other news, close to 70 faculty members

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have been laid off at Kwantlen Polytechnical

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University. It comes as KPU reports a $49 million

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decline in international tuition and fee revenue.

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The federal government has recently cracked down

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on student visas for international students.

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Whistler RCMP and the coroner's office are looking

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into the death of a woman on the slopes of Blackcomb

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Mountain. All those in the know are refusing

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to say whether the death is likely the result

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of a medical condition, an accident, or something

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else. Still, the Mounties want to talk to those

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who may have information about an incident at

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the mountain at around 10 a .m. on Thursday.

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Surrey is a step closer to planning a new entertainment

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district along the industrial waterfront next

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to the Patella Bridge. Council has approved a

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feasibility study to look into zoning the area

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for parks, plazas, restaurants, and entertainment

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venues. The area is within walking distance to

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the Scott Road Skytrain Station and borders New

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Westminster and Delta. Showers and gusty wind

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in the forecast for Friday. Rain and wind for

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Saturday. Showers on Sunday. For all the details

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on these local Vancouver area stories, along

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with those links, go to VancouverRundown .substack

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.com.