{"id":15506,"date":"2025-02-09T02:06:09","date_gmt":"2025-02-09T02:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/09\/threat-of-american-tariffs-pushing-albertans-to-buy-local\/"},"modified":"2025-02-09T02:06:09","modified_gmt":"2025-02-09T02:06:09","slug":"threat-of-american-tariffs-pushing-albertans-to-buy-local","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/09\/threat-of-american-tariffs-pushing-albertans-to-buy-local\/","title":{"rendered":"Threat of American tariffs pushing Albertans to buy local"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-byline\">\n<div class=\"c-byline__images c-byline__images--single\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-byline__text\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span>By \t<span class=\"c-byline__name\">Nakoda Thunderchief<\/span><br \/>\n\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-byline__source c-byline__source--hasName\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGlobal News<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-byline__datesWrapper\">\n<div class=\"c-byline__dates\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Posted February 8, 2025 9:05 pm<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>1 min read<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"l-article__details\" data-article-socialshare=\"true\">\n<div id=\"article-fontSizer\" class=\"c-fontSizer\">\n<p>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-fontSizer__button c-fontSizer__button--decrease c-button c-button--details c-button--mini\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"Font Sizer Decrease Font\" data-tooltip-title=\"Decrease text size\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Descrease article font size<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"c-icon  c-fontSizer__icon\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t<use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/assets\/dist\/icons\/out\/symbol\/svg\/sprite.symbol.svg?v=cv3j60zbx#font-decrease\"\/>\n\t<\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-fontSizer__button c-fontSizer__button--increase c-button c-button--details c-button--mini\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"Font Sizer Increase Font\" data-tooltip-title=\"Increase text size\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Increase article font size<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"c-icon  c-fontSizer__icon\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t<use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/assets\/dist\/icons\/out\/symbol\/svg\/sprite.symbol.svg?v=cv3j60zbx#font-increase\"\/>\n\t<\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<article class=\"l-article__text js-story-text\" aria-label=\"Article text\">\n<p>As the threat of trade war between Canada and the U.S. looms, more Canadians are focused on buying local.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d21y75miwcfqoq.cloudfront.net\/70c8fc80\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A Valentine\u2019s Market, hosted by the Domesticated Divas in Lethbridge, has provided the chance for shoppers to support local businesses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of our shoppers\u2026 are loving that they can support people within their community,\u201d said event organizer Gita Kaura.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"c-blockquote l-article__blockquote\">\n<div class=\"c-infoBox\">\n<div class=\"c-infoBox__inner\">\n<p class=\"c-blockquote__content l-article__blockquoteContent\">We are here to help build each other and help support each other to keep the money in the community and just supporting each other.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup\" data-newsletter-inline=\"\">\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/images\/skyline\/national.jpg\" alt=\"For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__content\">\n<h3>Get breaking National news<\/h3>\n<p>For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Vendors at the market say more people are turning to them to reduce the reliance on imported goods.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople are looking for homemade, Canadian made, Canadian produced everything,\u201d according to Jessie Goodfellow, owner of Jessie\u2019s Jams.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>She said it\u2019s becoming harder for her business to keep costs steady due to rising prices.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis time last year a case of 12 cost me under $12. Now it\u2019s almost $16 for the exact same jars.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite the possibility of higher prices, more consumers are getting on board with helping Canadian businesses.<\/p>\n<p>Shopper Ralph Corey said all his friends and family are now talking about supporting local.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that ship has already started, i don\u2019t think you\u2019re ever going to stop it now.\u201d<\/p>\n<section id=\"content-related-items-1\" class=\"l-inlineStories l-inlineStories--text \" aria-label=\"Related articles section 1\">\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"l-article__copyright\">\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><script defer src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;appId=318812448281278&#038;version=v3.3\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11010823\/threat-of-american-tariffs-pushing-albertans-to-buy-local\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Nakoda Thunderchief Global News Posted February 8, 2025 9:05 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size As the threat of trade war between Canada and the U.S. looms, more Canadians are focused on buying local. A Valentine\u2019s Market, hosted by the Domesticated Divas in Lethbridge, has provided the chance<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15507,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-15506","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Threat of American tariffs pushing Albertans to buy local - Toronto Tribune<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/09\/threat-of-american-tariffs-pushing-albertans-to-buy-local\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Threat of American tariffs pushing Albertans to buy local - Toronto Tribune\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Nakoda Thunderchief Global News Posted February 8, 2025 9:05 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size As the threat of trade war between Canada and the U.S. looms, more Canadians are focused on buying local. A Valentine\u2019s Market, hosted by the Domesticated Divas in Lethbridge, has provided the chance\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/09\/threat-of-american-tariffs-pushing-albertans-to-buy-local\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Toronto Tribune\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-02-09T02:06:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Valentines-Market-thumbail.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"379\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Silas Reed\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Silas Reed\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/09\/threat-of-american-tariffs-pushing-albertans-to-buy-local\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/09\/threat-of-american-tariffs-pushing-albertans-to-buy-local\/\",\"name\":\"Threat of American tariffs pushing Albertans to buy local - Toronto Tribune\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/09\/threat-of-american-tariffs-pushing-albertans-to-buy-local\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/09\/threat-of-american-tariffs-pushing-albertans-to-buy-local\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Valentines-Market-thumbail.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-09T02:06:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-09T02:06:09+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/#\/schema\/person\/ac1ebc6ebafbe1a804fc8424efe295cf\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/09\/threat-of-american-tariffs-pushing-albertans-to-buy-local\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/09\/threat-of-american-tariffs-pushing-albertans-to-buy-local\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/09\/threat-of-american-tariffs-pushing-albertans-to-buy-local\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Valentines-Market-thumbail.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Valentines-Market-thumbail.jpg\",\"width\":720,\"height\":379},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/09\/threat-of-american-tariffs-pushing-albertans-to-buy-local\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Threat of American tariffs pushing Albertans to buy local\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/\",\"name\":\"Toronto Tribune\",\"description\":\"Latest news from Toronto\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/#\/schema\/person\/ac1ebc6ebafbe1a804fc8424efe295cf\",\"name\":\"Silas Reed\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b175eb93cc96e8ac3afa80a5a512b1a24ec774de68e4dd7403e5fe06012c0cc3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b175eb93cc96e8ac3afa80a5a512b1a24ec774de68e4dd7403e5fe06012c0cc3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Silas Reed\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/author\/silasreed\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Threat of American tariffs pushing Albertans to buy local - Toronto Tribune","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/09\/threat-of-american-tariffs-pushing-albertans-to-buy-local\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Threat of American tariffs pushing Albertans to buy local - Toronto Tribune","og_description":"By Nakoda Thunderchief Global News Posted February 8, 2025 9:05 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size As the threat of trade war between Canada and the U.S. looms, more Canadians are focused on buying local. A Valentine\u2019s Market, hosted by the Domesticated Divas in Lethbridge, has provided the chance","og_url":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/09\/threat-of-american-tariffs-pushing-albertans-to-buy-local\/","og_site_name":"Toronto Tribune","article_published_time":"2025-02-09T02:06:09+00:00","og_image":[{"width":720,"height":379,"url":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Valentines-Market-thumbail.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Silas Reed","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Silas Reed","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/09\/threat-of-american-tariffs-pushing-albertans-to-buy-local\/","url":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/09\/threat-of-american-tariffs-pushing-albertans-to-buy-local\/","name":"Threat of American tariffs pushing Albertans to buy local - Toronto Tribune","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/09\/threat-of-american-tariffs-pushing-albertans-to-buy-local\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/09\/threat-of-american-tariffs-pushing-albertans-to-buy-local\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Valentines-Market-thumbail.jpg","datePublished":"2025-02-09T02:06:09+00:00","dateModified":"2025-02-09T02:06:09+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/#\/schema\/person\/ac1ebc6ebafbe1a804fc8424efe295cf"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/09\/threat-of-american-tariffs-pushing-albertans-to-buy-local\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/09\/threat-of-american-tariffs-pushing-albertans-to-buy-local\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/09\/threat-of-american-tariffs-pushing-albertans-to-buy-local\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Valentines-Market-thumbail.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Valentines-Market-thumbail.jpg","width":720,"height":379},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/09\/threat-of-american-tariffs-pushing-albertans-to-buy-local\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Threat of American tariffs pushing Albertans to buy local"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/#website","url":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/","name":"Toronto Tribune","description":"Latest news from Toronto","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/#\/schema\/person\/ac1ebc6ebafbe1a804fc8424efe295cf","name":"Silas Reed","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b175eb93cc96e8ac3afa80a5a512b1a24ec774de68e4dd7403e5fe06012c0cc3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b175eb93cc96e8ac3afa80a5a512b1a24ec774de68e4dd7403e5fe06012c0cc3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Silas Reed"},"url":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/author\/silasreed\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15506\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}