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U.S. President Donald Trump created a task force Friday to prepare for the 2026 World Cup hosted by North America at a time when his tariffs have ratcheted up tensions.

Atlantic Power plant gave notice last February that it was going to pull out of the community, citing an inability to remain profitable under its current contract with BC Hydro.

BC Conservative Leader John Rustad said MLA Dallas Brodie was expelled for her "decision to publicly mock and belittle testimony from former residential school students."

Neither man has revealed who directed them to kill Malik, a former suspect in the 1985 Air India bombings who was acquitted at trial in 2005.

Heavy rain is expected in much of Metro Vancouver over the weekend, starting Friday night and tapering off late on Sunday.

Eby appeared on ABC News Friday morning, where he was asked for his response to Trump's repeated statements about making Canada the 51st state. 

B.C. sends about $3.6 billion worth of agricultural products to the U.S. every year, with two of the biggest exports being farmed Atlantic salmon and blueberries.

The locations are also the centre of the industry's new Cineventure Campaign, which guides visitors to locations where their favourite series and movies were shot.

Burnaby's Ken Green builds roadsters by hand and recently finished as runner-up at a prestigious car show.

Eby made the announcement Thursday in Victoria, as news broke that Trump was, once again, pausing 25-per cent tariffs on Canadian goods for another month. 

B.C.'s Opposition attorney general critic has railed against members of her own party in a row over residential schools, including a "super angry" Indigenous colleague she says "joined the NDP" to call her out.

The U.S. Department of State’s Narcotics Rewards Program is offering a reward of up to $10 million for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of Wedding.

Despite life-saving medical interventions by Surrey Fire Service and BCEHS, one person died at the scene. Another person was seriously injured and transported to hospital.

"Through this historic agreement, BC residents will receive public coverage for a range of contraceptives and diabetes medications at little to no cost."

Calling time on U.S. alcohol has been a popular move among Canadian provincial and territorial governments looking for ways to fight back in the trade war. 

A B.C. woman who banks with CIBC says she's wondering how her personal banking information was changed without her being notified.

The three staff members left at the museum, who have been putting in their own money to keep things up and running, say it is now too late.

Could a trade war with the U.S. be the hand B.C. needs to go it alone on switching to permanent Daylight Saving Time? B.C. Premier David Eby wouldn't rule it out.

The Canadian Trucking Alliance reports that about 25 to 30 per cent of B.C. trucking companies move goods across the Canada-U.S. border every day.

'This was a targeted, brazen shooting in a high-traffic area,' Sgt. Freda Fong of IHIT said in a statement. 'Those involved displayed a complete disregard for public safety.'

David Eby took the unusual step of interrupting B.C.'s budget lockup to address how the province will respond after U.S. President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on Canadian goods.

The budget and fiscal plan will be about 'setting us up to succeed' regardless of the tariff situation, Finance Minister Brenda Bailey told reporters on Monday.