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'I'm being raped': Weinstein accuser details alleged assault
NEW YORK - As she tried to fight off Harvey Weinstein's advances, Mimi Haleyi told him "no, no, no" before he held her down on a bed and forcibly performed oral sex on her, she said in emotional testi...
Jan 29, 2020

GOP defends Trump as Bolton book adds pressure for witnesses
WASHINGTON - Senators faced mounting pressure Monday to summon John Bolton to testify at President Donald Trump's impeachment trial even as Trump's lawyers mostly brushed past extraordinary new allega...
Jan 29, 2020

Radha Blank of 'The 40-Year-Old Version' isn't late
PARK CITY, Utah - The Sundance Film Festival is a showcase of new voices in cinema, and few have come through louder and clearer than Radha Blank's. Blank wrote, directed and stars in her debut film, ...
Jan 29, 2020

Leaked report shows United Nations suffered hack
GENEVA - Sophisticated hackers infiltrated U.N. offices in Geneva and Vienna last year in an apparent espionage operation, and their identity and the extent of the data they obtained is not clear. An ...
Jan 29, 2020

Details on new federal daycare spending coming in budget, minister says
OTTAWA - Canada's minister in charge of federal efforts to expand child care says funding to create 250,000 before- and after-school spaces will be on top of $7.5 billion in already planned spend...
Jan 29, 2020

Winnipeg police officer charged; accused of deleting own speeding ticket
WINNIPEG - A Winnipeg police officer is accused of deleting records related to his own speeding ticket. Manitoba's Independent Investigation Unit says Patrol Sgt. Sean Cassidy was driving a private ve...
Jan 29, 2020

Former Toronto FC fullback Ashtone Morgan signs with Real Salt Lake
SALT LAKE CITY - Former Toronto FC fullback Ashtone Morgan has found a new MLS home with Real Salt Lake. Toronto declined Morgan's contract option in November, parting ways with the team's longes...
Jan 29, 2020

Expat family expecting baby soon hopes Britain can get them out of China
A teacher who is living with his pregnant Canadian wife and child in a city that is the epicentre of China's coronavirus outbreak is hoping to get out of the country on a British flight. Tom Will...
Jan 29, 2020

Italian town where Bryant played as a kid mourns - again
ROME - For a city already familiar with losing a basketball hero, Kobe Bryant's death made a particularly strong impact in the Italian town of Rieti. Nicknamed "the centre of Italy" for its geographic...
Jan 29, 2020

Calgary Flames partners with local charities for Red Deer Family Night
The Red Deer & District Chamber of Commerce, the Central Alberta Child Advocacy Centre and the Smiles Thru Lindsey Foundation are excited to partner with the Calgary Flames for the Red Deer Family...
Jan 29, 2020 (Photo: The Canadian Press)