National News

Eight stories in the news for Thursday, Aug.

FREDERICTON — A public visitation is expected to be held today for two Fredericton constables killed in the line of duty.

OTTAWA — With threats of devastating U.S. tariffs hanging over the auto sector, Canada's economic development minister says Ottawa is considering every possible way it could respond if the Trump administration follows through on its warning.

CALGARY — The mother of a terminally ill Calgary boy who requires around-the-clock care says she is being hassled by neighbours over street parking.

VANCOUVER — Salvage crews managed to partially raise a sunken tug from the Fraser River off Vancouver on Wednesday before the salvage operation was paused for the evening. The B.C.

GUELPH, Ont. — A celebrity pig whose owners raised more than half a million dollars to bring an oversized CT scanner to Canada has been diagnosed with cancer.

OTTAWA — Thirteen-year-old Dio Gama will get to play baseball in the Little League World Series in Pennsylvania after all. Gama's team, the Whalley Major Allstars from Surrey, B.C.

OTTAWA — A Liberal MP is under fire for presenting a "certificate of appreciation" to a man one Jewish advocacy group labels a purveyor of anti-Semitism.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — For East Coast painter Mary Pratt, a master chronicler of the wonders and woes of domesticity, a pile of grapes could contain "the secrets of the universe.

MONTREAL — The Quebec government is setting aside almost $900 million for companies affected by tariffs recently imposed on Canada by the United States.