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  Amid tariff turmoil, where do things stand with Washington state's neighbor to the north?

  It's been a week in United States trade relations news. Stock markets here and around the world continued to slide Friday, after China retaliated against President Trump's far-reaching tariffs announced Wednesday. It’s the biggest stock market plunge in at least five years. To the north, Canadians were spared new tariffs, but they still face hefty ones that were previously announced. Journalist Michelle Eliot spoke to KUOW’s Kim Malcolm about how Canadians are navigating this roller coaster. Eliot hosts the CBC weekday call-in program BC Today.

  • Kim Malcolm

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  Canadians feel betrayed by U.S., but blame Trump, not average Americans

  With cross-border tensions running high, KUOW’s Kim Malcolm kicks off a regular check-in with CBC BC Today host Michelle Eliot

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  Builders say tariffs will drive Seattle-area home costs higher

  Builders expect higher prices to trickle down to builders within a few weeks, and to home buyers and renters after that, when fewer homes drive competition for those home

  • Joshua McNichols
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  Stop international work, Trump administration tells ocean agency

  The Trump administration has told federal ocean and atmosphere scientists to stop their international work.

  • John Ryan
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  Does that orca have a baby bump? Drones can tell from the air

  Orcas, like humans, get baby bumps in the early months of pregnancy and grow larger as the pregnancy advances. Researchers say they can now spot those underwater baby bumps from the air and keep better tabs on the maternal health of whales.

  • John Ryan
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  Bellingham shoppers dubious of US-Canada trade war

  Consumers and officials on both sides of the northern border have been bracing for a trade war since Saturday, when U.S. President Donald Trump signed an order to impose a 25% border tax on most Canadian imports and a 10% import tax on Canadian oil, natural gas, and electricity.

  • John Ryan

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  Trump’s proposed Canada tariff could boost Northwest energy bills

  President Trump’s proposed 25% tariff on Canadian imports could be an expensive proposition for the Pacific Northwest, which depends heavily on its northern neighbors for energy supplies.

  • John Ryan
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  Puget Sound tanker traffic thickens as Canadian pipeline boosts oil flow

  A 750-foot-long oil tanker and its high-powered escort tug started motoring west from a pipeline terminal near Vancouver, British Columbia, Wednesday afternoon.

  • John Ryan
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  Junk from Olympic coast cargo spill still washing ashore nearly 3 years later

  Canadian officials say 97% of the debris spilled when 109 shipping containers toppled off a cargo ship off the Olympia Peninsula remains at sea.

  • John Ryan
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  Canadian police arrest 3 suspects in the slaying of a Sikh separatist leader

  Police said they arrested three Indian nationals in the slaying of Hardeep Singh Nijjar last June that became the center of a diplomatic spat with India.

  • The Associated Press

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