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Halton police say they seized 24 handguns and other prohibited items in a major GTA drug trafficking probe, marking the largest firearms seizure in the service’s history.

Montreal Public Health officials are warning a purple syrup that mimics the look of cough medicine is a fake product that can be lethal.

U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order that would reclassify marijuana and ease federal restrictions on research for potential new medical products.

Pharmacists say a shortage of some prescription painkillers is expected to continue as alternatives have seen an increase since the summer.

Police believe the discovery of 60,000 plants being grown in a field behind a rural Edmonton home is the second largest opium poppy bust in Canadian history.

Two types of painkillers are experiencing a nationwide shortage in Canada, leading Health Canada to advise patients to consult doctors and pharmacists for alternatives.

Saskatchewan’s auditor says codeine, hydromorphone and fentanyl prescriptions patterns are higher in the province than national averages.

Weapons and drugs were seized after officers spotted a stolen vehicle in hotel parking lot in Cambridge on Monday morning, according to Waterloo Regional Police.

Data from the national election bureau showed voter turnout stood at 20.4 per cent when the polls closed at 1800 GMT, below the 30 per cent required for it to be valid.

Ten people have been arrested during a drug bust.

Provincial police conducted the search warrant at a residence on Concession Road 6 on Friday in Walsingham, Ont.

An Edmonton man and two women are facing a combined total of 209 charges after a drugs and weapons investigation in north Edmonton last month.

A cocaine trafficking investigation led police to two homes in Kingston, Ont., last week, where they seized hundreds of thousands worth of drugs and cash.

A research team from across Canada is looking into how natural opiates are produced and how they can be used for more effective pain management.

The province plans to launch a new tracking system aimed at curbing the abuse of the highly addictive painkiller OxyContin and other prescription drugs.

Vancouver police are warning local drug users that potentially toxic drugs could be on the street after a string of pharmacy robberies on July 15.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A Newfoundland and Labrador pharmacist facing charges relating to prescription drugs will go to trial on Oct. 5.

Hurricane Isaac slammed into the southern Louisiana coast late Tuesday, sending floodwaters surging and unleashing fierce winds, as residents hunkered down behind boarded-up windows. New Orleans calmly waited out another storm on the eve of the devastating Hurricane Katrina's seventh anniversary, hoping the city's strengthened levees will hold.

NEW ORLEANS - Hurricane Isaac raked the Louisiana coast and headed for a shuttered New Orleans late Tuesday, with brutal timing that made up for much of what it lacked in punch.

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Eight players, including Tennessee's Kenny Britt, Tampa Bay's Aqib Talib and Cincinnati's Cedric Benson and Adam "Pacman" Jones, were subject to being suspended under the league's conduct policy for incidents during the lockout.