HALIFAX — A 21-year-old woman from West Amherst, N.S. has been arrested for paying with counterfeit $100 bills in the Amherst area.

More than $100,000 of counterfeit Canadian money has been seized by authorities as part of an investigation that began in Quebec and led authorities to a home in Cape Breton, RCMP say.

Investigators say the same man then passed more counterfeit US$20 bills on Nov. 28, including at a store on Princess Street in downtown Kingston and then to pay for a pizza delivered to an address ...