Vancouver rundown for Friday, October 24, 2025.
Breaking news. Donald Trump says he's ending
all trade negotiations with Canada. The announcement
on social media comes as the U .S. President
expresses outrage over the Ontario government's
recent TV ads protesting U .S. tariffs. Those
ads feature old clips of Ronald Reagan speaking
negatively about tariffs. Trump says the ad campaign
is designed to interfere with the U .S. Supreme
Court and other courts. Ontario's campaign cost
taxpayers in that province $75 million. Other
news, former B .C. Solicitor General, West Vancouver
Police Chief and current Councillor Cash Heade
wants to be Richmond's next mayor. The announcement
comes as longtime mayor Malcolm Brody decides
not to run for re -election. Heade says he plans
to campaign on prioritizing change and a results
-oriented approach. Heade was elected to Richmond
City Council in 2022 with the fewest votes of
any of the successful candidates. BCMLA Dallas
Brody's bid to get rid of the land acknowledgements
in public schools has quickly died. The bill
failed first reading, getting only 88 of 93 MLAs
voting in favor of it in the legislature. Brody
was kicked out of the B .C. Conservatives earlier
this year for questioning First Nations claims
that children were buried in unmarked graves
at a Kamloops residential school. A former B
.C. correctional officer who worked at the Port
Coquitlam North Fraser Pretrial Center has been
charged with breach of trust. Ramond Debray of
Abbotsford is charged with two counts relating
to unspecified incidents in 2022. BC Corrections
is not commenting on what went wrong at the pretrial
center, citing privacy and confidentiality reasons.
Heavy rain and strong wind in the forecast for
Friday. Rain for Saturday, showers on Sunday.
For all the details on these local Vancouver
area stories, along with those links, go to VancouverRundown
.substack .com.