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A rodent named Snuggles was saved by volunteers at an overdose prevention site, after expereincing a heroin overdose.

Health & Safety

Pet Rat In Vancouver Overdoses On Heroin, Saved By Narcan

2:17pm May 16, 2017

by Camila Domonoske

Snuggles ate some heroin, according to the woman who brought the little rodent into an overdose prevention site in Canada. Volunteers administered a drug that reverses opioid overdoses.

Tests on Subway chicken sandwiches in Canada have concluded that Subway chicken was only half meat — with the other half soy.

DNA Tests Find Subway Chicken Only 50 Percent Meat, Canadian News Program Reports

2:07pm March 01, 2017

by Camila Domonoske

The CBC's investigative consumer show Marketplace ordered the DNA analysis. The sandwich chain unilaterally denies the accusation, with a spokesman calling the claims "absolutely false."

Jian Ghomeshi arrives at court to hear verdict.

World News

Jian Ghomeshi, Former CBC Host, Acquitted Of Sexual Assault Charges

5:19pm March 24, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

The Canadian radio host was fired from the CBC in 2014 after several women came forward with assault allegations. The court said it had doubts about "the reliability or sincerity" of the complainants.

Former CBC host Jian Ghomeshi was arrested Wednesday and charged with four counts of sexual assault and one count of overcoming resistance by choking.

World News

Former CBC Host Jian Ghomeshi Charged With Sexual Assault

3:03pm November 26, 2014

by Krishnadev Calamur

The charges against the former radio host carry sentences ranging from 10 years to life in prison. Ghomeshi was publicly accused of violently assaulting women during sexual encounters.