Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is visiting Maple Ridge this afternoon.
The prime minister and B-C Premier David Eby are scheduled to make an announcement at a clean-energy plant.
They'll be joined by Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne and B-C Jobs Minister Brenda Bailey.
Later in the day, Trudeau's itinerary shows he will visit a local business and grocery store in Greater Vancouver.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to welcome the top two leaders of the European Union to Newfoundland next month. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is to visit St. John's alongside European Council President Charles Michel in late November.
A small plane has crashed in Surrey injuring the lone person on board. RCMP say they responded to reports of the crash Monday afternoon near Crescent Beach in south Surrey.
One man has been arrested after crashing into a community policing office in Langley and running away, leaving an injured woman in the vehicle. Langley R-C-M-P say officers were called to the Aldergrove Community Policing office Sunday evening, where they found several witnesses helping the woman.
Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem says fiscal and monetary policy are rowing in opposite directions, making it harder to bring inflation down. Macklem is appearing before MPs on the House of Commons finance committee after the Bank of Canada's recent rate decision and quarterly economic projections.
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly said in a Monday speech to the Economic Club of Canada in Toronto that a humanitarian agreement is urgently needed to help people in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, which is home to more than two million Palestinians. Israel declared war against Hamas after the Oct. 7 attacks, in which more than 1,400 Israelis were killed and 222 taken hostage, according to the Israeli government.
The British Columbia government says the province's Crown power utility is applying for a 2.3-per-cent rate increase starting in April, adding about $2 a month to the average residential bill. A statement from the Energy Ministry says it's the sixth year in a row that BC Hydro has applied for an increase below the rate of inflation.