Politics 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 Kim Malcolm John O'Brien Play AudioListen 10 mins
Economy 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
Environment 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
Environment 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
Politics 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 Play AudioListen 3 mins
Politics 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
Environment 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
Environment 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
World 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
Health Why does TB have such a hold on the Inuit communities of the Canadian Arctic? Canada has one of the world's lowest rates of tuberculosis. Yet this deadly disease is surging among Indigenous people in this icy, remote part of the country. Melody Schreiber
