Canadian fentanyl czar Kevin Brosseau says American officials are showing their approval for his new role as he and several other top officials are in Washington to show Canada's successes at stopping the flow of drugs and migrants.

WASHINGTON >> President Donald Trump said today that his proposed 25% tariffs on Mexican and Canadian goods will go into effect on March 4 as scheduled because drugs are still pouring into the U.S. from those countries.

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Ontario's top bureaucrat is admonishing PC Leader Doug Ford and his staff for allegedly trying to use his Washington D.C. trip last week to the party's advantage in the election campaign.

Data indicates a 30% drop in cross-border traffic between Washington and British Columbia from mid-January to early February.

Pho Hoa (the latter word is Vietnamese for “harmony”) has locations in California, Washington state, British Columbia, Charlotte, N.C. and two in Florida. Phoa was founded in 1983, and has 60 locations in six nations.

Cross-border tensions or not, there's growing talk in Washington that Canada and the U.S. could expand their military co-operation in a continental missile shield.

Proposed 25% tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico are due to take effect next week, in addition to tariffs on the EU already announced. LEARN MORE | Washington state's $29 billion Canada trade link at risk by ongoing tariff disputes Home builders tell KOMO News they are worried about their bottom line.

With voting on the Senate floor still underway, Greer had secured more than the majority needed to confirm his nomination. Greer, a Washington trade lawyer who served as chief of staff to former USTR Robert Lighthizer,