Vancouver rundown for Friday, August 29, 2025.
Members of Canada's largest general trades union
have staged a Vancouver rally to push for greater
efforts to save jobs amid U .S. tariffs. Close
to 1 ,500 members of Unifor gathered near the
Vancouver Trade and Convention Center, calling
on Canadians to protect jobs in the auto sector.
as well as those in key resource industries.
Union members blame Liberal Prime Minister Mark
Carney for losing the leverage needed to push
Donald Trump to drop his tariffs on many Canadian
goods. Other news, a man has drowned in Cultus
Lake. It happened over the noon hour on Thursday,
with RCMP getting a report about a swimmer in
trouble near Entrance Bay. Divers recovered the
man, who was pronounced dead at the scene. Charges
have now been laid in connection with that missing
person report to Maple Ridge. Human remains have
been found at a home near the Haney Bypass in
a case linked to the disappearance of 43 -year
-old Jessica Cunningham. Her partner, Miley Barron,
is charged with indignity to human remains. A
man has been arrested in connection with a suspicious
wildfire in Penticton. Crews, with the help of
helicopters, Quickly put out the fire that started
next to some homes on Monday. The man was taken
into custody a short time later. Just under 1
,000 fires have burned close to 730 kilometers
of land across B .C. so far this year. Forecast,
some fog for Friday morning, then a mix of sun
and cloud by the afternoon. Sunny on Saturday,
clouds and possible showers for Sunday. For all
the details on these local Vancouver area stories
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