Fiona makes landfall in Nova Scotia, state of emergency declared in Cape Breton

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HALIFAX — The Cape Breton Regional Municipality has declared a state of emergency as post-tropical storm Fiona — one of the strongest storms to ever strike Canada's East Coast — continues to lash the island. Fiona was churning out hurricane-force winds when it made landfall at 7 a.m. at the eastern edge of mainland Nova Scotia, near of Canso. The Canadian Hurricane Centre in Dartmouth, N.S., says Fiona set a record for the lowest-ever barometric pressure for a tropical storm making landfall in C