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Heroin laced with powerful prescription drug fentanyl causing fatal overdoses

POINT PLEASANT, N.J. – U.S. authorities say more than 80 people have died this year due to an increase in …

South Korean tourists killed in bus bombing in Egypt; militant campaign against tourism feared

  CAIRO, Egypt – An explosion tore through a bus filled with South Korean sightseers in the Sinai Peninsula on …

Winter storm blasts Atlantic provinces, cuts off bridge traffic to P.E.I.

HALIFAX – A massive and powerful storm was causing havoc across eastern Canada on Sunday, causing a multi-vehicle pileup that …

A Canadian Press photo from Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside gives Alberta man hope of finding lost brother

Canadian Press photo CALGARY – He left home for the West Coast when he was 16 to make a name …

Canada’s Mexican visa rule to persist, despite warnings that it’s bad for trade

OTTAWA – Prime Minister Stephen Harper won’t be bringing the news his Mexican host wants to hear, nor hearing any …

Macedonia explosion wounds 5 Roma children; type of device under investigation

SKOPJE, Macedonia – An explosion wounded five Roma children in a Macedonian town west of the capital Sunday and investigators …

Violent, disruptive passenger prompts emergency landing in Newfoundland

  GANDER, N.L. – RCMP say an American Airlines plane was diverted to Gander, N.L., early Sunday after a passenger …

Fed study says education can combat low public confidence in justice system

OTTAWA – An internal Justice Department report says Canadians have little confidence in the courts and the prison system — …

Prince Edward Island government confirms first case of pig virus

  CHARLOTTETOWN – A professor at a Prince Edward Island veterinary college says his worse fears have been realized with …

Dogs have their day at Rio pre Carnival party as owners party with pooches on Copacabana Beach