Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman
Alberta government announce northern "east-west" highway
The Alberta Government made an announcement today Tuesday regarding "enhancing safety and economic growth in the north." A large piece to achieving that goal will be the much-discussed east-west highw...
Mar 04, 2025
Man arrested on breach of parole charge in north Red Deer Tuesday
Red Deer RCMP have shared why there was a heavy police presence Tuesday afternoon on north Gaetz Avenue.RCMP say during a traffic stop, they arrested 27-year-old Jacob Conrad Courtemanche, who had out...
Mar 04, 2025
How Canada and provincial governments are fighting back against Trump's tariff war
OTTAWA - The federal government and Canada's provinces and territories answered U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs on Tuesday with immediate acts of economic retaliation and some supports for their...
Mar 04, 2025
RDP economics instructor says tariffs will have broad negative repercussions on Canadians
A business and economics instructor at Red Deer Polytechnic (RDP) says the 25 per cent tariffs implemented by U.S. President Donald Trump will have almost immediate and broad negative repercussions on...
Mar 04, 2025
The trade war is on between Canada and the U.S. Here's what you need to know
TORONTO - A trade war between Canada and its largest trading partner has begun, with tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump now in effect and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau responding with a pa...
Mar 04, 2025
Key dates in the Canada-U.S. trade dispute as Trump launches trade war
OTTAWA - U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order hitting Canada and Mexico with 25 per cent across-the-board tariffs, with a lower 10 per cent levy on Canadian energy, took effect at 12:01 a.m. ...
Mar 04, 2025
As Trump's trade war begins, his team links his tariff agenda to drug trafficking
WASHINGTON - Lawmakers and senior advisers in Washington are scrambling to react after U.S. President Donald Trump's economywide tariffs on Canada and Mexico came into force. Key members of Trump's te...
Mar 04, 2025
Canadian recession looms this year if U.S. tariffs stay in place: economists
TORONTO - Economists say the Canadian economy is poised to plunge into a recession this year if U.S. tariffs that took effect Tuesday morning remain in place. U.S. President Donald Trump's executive o...
Mar 04, 2025
Red Deer agencies disturbed after xenophobic and racist signs and symbols displayed on their doorsteps
Warning: This story contains details which may be triggering to some readers. Red Deer RCMP are exploring the circumstances around a group of people who displayed hateful signs and symbols over the we...
Mar 03, 2025
Trump says threatened economy wide tariffs will hit Canada, Mexico on Tuesday
U.S. President Donald Trump said 25 per cent across-the-board tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico, with a lower 10 per cent levy on Canadian energy, will start Tuesday, tipping the continent int...
Mar 03, 2025