B.C. says U.S. has paused Columbia River Treaty talks as trade tensions grow

British Columbia’s Energy Ministry says the United States has paused negotiations with Canada on the wide-reaching Columbia River Treaty that regulates everything from flood control and power generation to water supply and salmon restoration in the region.The ministry says in a news release that U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration “is conducting a broad review of its international engagement.”The two countries reached an in-principle deal on a new version of the decades-old treaty last July, and while officials from both countries pushed for its finalization before Trump took office in January, the treaty’s fate remains unsettled.