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A day into Donald Trump’s North American trade war, the U.S. president remained adamant that tariffs would benefit America even as a key member of his team has floated that a compromise could materialize Wednesday. Trump addressed a joint session of Congress Tuesday night, for the first time since he returned to office in January, by making a case for his massive tariff agenda. The president’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 Tuesday. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called the continental trade war “dumb” and said Canada was forced to push back. He framed Trump’s ultimate tariff goal as “a total collapse of the Canadian economy, because that will make it easier to annex us.” Ottawa introduced immediate 25 per cent retaliatory tariffs on $30 billion worth of American products, which will expand to cover another $125 billion in U.S. goods in 21 days.
Meanwhile Ontario will rip up its $100-million deal with Elon Musk’s Starlink internet provider and U.S. companies will be banned from procurement contracts as part of the province’s response to President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canadian goods. Premier Doug Ford announced the measures Tuesday, adding he’s warning lawmakers in New York, Michigan and Minnesota that if the trade war “persists” Ontario will put a 25 per cent surcharge on electricity flowing into the states and potentially cut the flow off entirely. Ontario supplies roughly 1.5 million customers in the border states with electricity.
The search is on for a missing woman in Belleville. Police are seeking the public’s help in locating 29-year-old Rebecca Campbell, who was last seen at her east end residence on the evening of February 26th, 2025. Campbell was last seen wearing a Montreal Canadians sweater with blue and white tie dye “Fila” pants. She is 5’1, 120lbs, will have an orange coloured pet dragon attached to her neck/chest named “Howie” (see attached photo), and is described as having “high functioning autism”. If you have seen her contact Belleville Police.
In international news Australia braced for a rare east coast tropical cyclone that is swirling toward Brisbane, its third-most populous city, with authorities urging residents in flood-prone suburbs to evacuate soon. Storm warnings on Wednesday stretched for more than 500 kilometres across the coast in the states of Queensland and New South Wales, impacting millions of people. Destructive wind gusts of up to 155 km/h could develop from Thursday afternoon, and tropical cyclone Alfred is expected to land as a Category 2 storm early on Friday morning near Brisbane, Queensland’s capital.
A Prince Edward County resident, a retired teacher, and most recently a song-writer, has passed away. Gord Moran re-wrote Gloria Gaynor’s “I Will Survive”, with a focus on the tariffs and threats made by U.S. President Donald Trump. Moran’s song “We Will Survive” took off across the Quinte region, Ontario, Canada, and now internationally. The Producers of the song is neighbour and best friend of Gord Moran, and Wayne McFaul. Local Singer Sonya Zaback of Cue the Funk lent her voice to the remake. Moran was 75
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Mason McTavish had a pair of goals and Jackson Lacombe and Cutter Gauthier each had three assists as the Anaheim Ducks scored four goals in the final eight minutes of the first period en route to a 6-2 victory over the Edmonton Oilers
Brock Nelson had a goal and an assist and the New York Islanders took down the NHL-leading Winnipeg Jets 3-2
Connor Zary scored twice and Nazem Kadri had a goal in a 1:52 stretch midway through the first period for a three-goal lead and the Calgary Flames beat the Philadelphia Flyers 6-3
LeBron James became the first player in NBA history to score 50,000 combined points in the regular season and postseason Tuesday night. James surpassed the mark with a 3-pointer early in the first quarter of the Los Angeles Lakers’ game against the New Orleans Pelicans. James got to 49,999 points Sunday night when he scored 17 while the Lakers beat the Clippers 108-102 for their sixth consecutive win.
