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YORKTON, Sask. — A GoFundMe page has been started to help two children who survived a Saskatchewan highway crash, but who lost their mother and baby brother.

INNISFAIL, Alta. — A workshop at the RCMP's dog training centre in Alberta has attracted officers and animals from police forces across the continent eager to see the centre's pioneering work tackling the scourge of fentanyl.

TORONTO — Canadian rap artist Drake has made a surprise appearance at a free Toronto concert. Drake took the stage at Nathan Phillips Square on Sunday night as part of the city's Canada 150 celebrations.

OTTAWA — Speculation that the Bank of Canada is preparing to raise its key interest rate continued to ramp up after governor Stephen Poloz's latest comments to a German newspaper published Tuesday.

CHARLOTTETOWN — A dead fin whale has been spotted floating in waters off P.E.I. Federal Fisheries officials say the carcass was seen during a recent aerial survey east of the Island.

Five stories in the news for Tuesday, July 4 ——— TRUDEAU IN EUROPE FOR G20 SUMMIT Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in Ireland to begin a week-long European visit which will culminate with a G20 meeting in Hamburg, Germany.

LIMOGES, Ont. — Ontario Provincial Police say a body found beside Highway 417 on Sunday is that of a 34-year-old Ottawa woman. But her name will not be released until relatives are notified. The body was found at about 2:30 p.m.

LANCASTER, Ont. — One man was killed and a second man suffered just minor injuries after they were hit by a train Monday evening in eastern Ontario. Stormont Dundas and Glengarry OPP say the two were hit by a Via Rail train just before 8 p.m.

PLAINFIELD, Ill. — The effort to clean up 40,000 gallons of crude oil continues south of Chicago where a freight train derailed last week.

WINNIPEG — A suspect has been arrested in a case where police say a Winnipeg mother had to fight off a man who tried to abduct her four-year-old daughter.