SYDNEY, N.S. -- Police are looking for two men accused of breaking into a Cape Breton home and threatening an elderly woman and her daughter with a weapon.

They say the two men entered the home on Peppett Street in North Sydney at about 9:45 p.m. Sunday.

They say a 74-year-old woman and her 34-year-daughter were in the home at the time and that one of the men allegedly confronted them with a weapon.

Police didn't indicate the type of weapon, but say no one suffered any serious injuries.

They say the men fled on foot and that a canine unit was called in to help with the investigation.