Politics

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill named a former state budget director who served under former Republican Gov. Pat McCrory as its interim chancellor Friday.

HALIFAX — The annual New Year’s Day levee held at Halifax City Hall has been cancelled by the mayor, who says he wants to show respect for the plight of those in a homeless encampment in front of the municipal building.

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government says it's spending $2.8 million on supportive housing units to address homelessness.

Toronto's city council has decided to rename downtown Yonge-Dundas Square while pausing efforts to change the name of Dundas Street, both named after a Scottish politician who was active when British parliament was debating slavery abolition.

Another beluga whale has died at Marineland, bringing the number of whales that have died at the Niagara Falls, Ont., tourist attraction to 15 over the past four years.

TORONTO — The owner of one of the 15 properties removed from — then returned to — the Greenbelt has launched a constitutional challenge of a law that reversed Premier Doug Ford's plan to open up the protected land for development.

NEW YORK (AP) — After Donald Trump attended South Carolina's annual Palmetto Bowl, video of the crowd chanting “We want Trump!” as the former president arrived at Williams-Brice Stadium spread across conservative social media.

OTTAWA — A new national emergency response agency may consist of regional response teams that Ottawa can call into action when disaster strikes, Emergency Preparedness Minister Harjit Sajjan said in a recent interview.

HALIFAX — The daughter of a wrongfully convicted Nova Scotia man says that even in death her father is being denied justice — and she is demanding a stalled criminal investigation of his case become "a priority.

ATLANTA (AP) — A federal appeals court will hear arguments Friday over whether the election interference charges filed against Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows should be moved from a state court to federal court.