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HALIFAX — A high-profile ally of former U.S. president Donald Trump is at the centre of an academic controversy at the University of New Brunswick, where the administration has promised an independent review of how he received a PhD in 2013.

OTTAWA — Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says she did not mean to offend anyone after saying last week that Africans must be "prepared to die for their democracy," and hinted that Canada might boost aid for the continent.

SECHELT, B.C. — A British Columbia community has declared a state of local emergency as a drought drags on and the area risks running out of drinking water.

Vancouver's next mayor says he expects the first of 100 additional police officers promised in his election platform to hit the streets within a year. Ken Sim, who takes office Nov.

VICTORIA — Anjali Appadurai says she knows she's upset the New Democratic Party establishment, but that shouldn't keep her out of the race for the party leadership.

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask.

OTTAWA — Top city officials painted a scene of frustration and confusion Monday over demands for police resources to deal with the "Freedom Convoy" in downtown Ottawa, ending with an accusation that a federal minister had engaged in "friendly fire."

OTTAWA — Canada is sanctioning 34 individuals and a television network in Russia that the federal government considers "propaganda agents," Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly announced Monday.

GRANBY, Que. — The family of a seven-year-old Quebec girl who was killed in 2019 is suing the provincial youth protection agency and the local school board for $3.7 million, claiming they failed to act despite numerous warning signs.

QUEBEC — Parti Québécois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon is insisting he can take office without swearing an oath to the King — even if the secretary general of the legislature has told him otherwise.