Howard Alexander

TORONTO – Disgraced former broadcaster Jian Ghomeshi has pleaded not guilty to five charges against him.

NEW YORK, N.Y. – NBC News correspondent Kate Snow says that bringing 29 women who have accused Bill Cosby of assault together for a "Dateline NBC" special Friday took on an importance beyond the individual cases.

OTTAWA – There weren't any whistles, but there were more than a few bells, as the marathon federal election campaign entered its final week Monday.

HALIFAX – The mother of the alleged victim in a murder case said Thursday she's hoping that someone comes forward to help police find her son's missing body.

TORONTO – From Carlton Banks to Marvin Gaye and someone who's stubbed his toe, Toronto rapper Drake is sparking scores of comparisons, parodies and memes with his shimmy-shuffle slow grooves in his new video for the earworm "Hotline Bling."

Canada's foreign affairs department was urging the nearly 2,000 Canadians believed to be in parts of Mexico possibly in the path of a major hurricane to seek shelter and move to safety if they can.

CALGARY – The Canadian Cattlemen's Association says there are many theories why red and processed meat may be linked to cancer, but no scientific consensus has been reached.

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt – The Russian jetliner that crashed shortly after takeoff from an Egyptian resort city broke up at high altitude, scattering fragments of wreckage over a wide area in the Sinai Peninsula, Russia's top aviation official said Sunday as search teams raced to recover the bodies of the 224 people who died.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – It took the combination of James Bond and Charlie Brown to save the box office after a disastrous few weekends of flops. Both "Spectre" and "The Peanuts Movie" reinvigorated moviegoers who turned out in droves to check out the new fare, including buzzy limited-release titles like "Spotlight."

MONTREAL – Some Canadian political leaders were calling for vigorous action against terrorism including continued involvement in military action against Islamic State militants in the wake of Friday's terrorist attacks in Paris that killed at least 129 people.

Just a half hour before their mosque was set ablaze on Saturday, members of the Kawartha Muslim Religious Association were in the building celebrating the birth of a baby, said the president of the association, Kenzu Abdella.

TORONTO – They're among the questions often asked by parents anxious about the time children and teens spend glued to digital gadgets — from TV and computers to smart phones and tablets:

PICTURE BUTTE, Alta. – Mounties and farmers pitched in to round up over 200 cattle that apparently broke through a fence and roamed loose near a southern Alberta town on Sunday.

NEW YORK, N.Y. – Two members of the Eagles of Death Metal band tell VICE that several people hid in their dressing room during the deadly terrorist attack in Paris last week.

PARIS – A subdued France paid homage Friday to those killed two weeks ago in the attacks that gripped Paris in fear and mourning, honouring each of the 130 dead by name as the president pledged to “destroy the army of fanatics” who claimed so many young lives.

AMMAN, Jordan – A trickle of Syrian refugees seeking to leave Jordan flowed into Canada's processing centre in Amman on Sunday, the first day of operations at what will eventually become the hub of much of the Syrian refugee resettlement program.

OTTAWA – The Trudeau government unveiled Thursday its plan for transforming the Senate into an independent, non-partisan chamber —the first major reform to the scandal-plagued upper house in 50 years and arguably the biggest change since its inception in 1867.

SAINT-JEROME, Que. – Guy Turcotte was found guilty on Sunday of second-degree murder in the stabbing deaths of his two young children more than six years ago.

OTTAWA – The promised new era of civility in Parliament is sounding a lot like a rehash of the federal election campaign.

TORONTO – The sounds of the holiday season are pretty much the same from year to year: "Feliz Navidad," "Baby, It's Cold Outside" and "White Christmas" on constant rotation in supermarkets, department stores and coffee shops.

HALIFAX – The RCMP have launched a cuteness offensive in Nova Scotia.

MONTREAL – Dickie Moore was a gritty goal-scorer and playmaker on the Montreal Canadiens dynasty of the 1950s, even if he wasn't quite as famous as some of his legendary teammates.

OTTAWA – Provincial and territorial finance ministers are scheduled to gather tonight in Ottawa with federal counterpart Bill Morneau to begin confronting the hard economic truths facing Canada and the new Liberal government.