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Witness says she was forced into sex act with self-help guru
NEW YORK - A woman has told a jury she was forced to perform a sex act with the leader of a secretive upstate New York self-help group. The witness gave the graphic testimony Wednesday at the federal ...
May 08, 2019
R. Kelly judgment withdrawn after lawyers say he can't read
CHICAGO - A judge who ordered a default judgment against R. Kelly after the singer failed to respond to a lawsuit filed by one of his alleged victims now says the suit can proceed. The Chicago Sun-Tim...
May 08, 2019
Crisis line urgently needed for victims of coerced sterilization: senator
OTTAWA - The federal government should immediately fund a crisis line for victims of coerced and forced sterilizations to ensure traumatized women can get assistance, says Ontario Sen. Yvonne Boyer,&n...
May 08, 2019
Sentencing date set for woman accused of robbing Red Deer bank with a needle
Sentencing is set to take place this summer for one of two people charged in the robbery of a Red Deer bank with a needle last year.Diana Lynn Ferchuk, 47, is charged with robbery with a weapon, resis...
May 08, 2019 (rdnewsNOW file photo)
'I kind of just snapped:' Murder suspect testifies woman came at him with knife
WINNIPEG - A man accused of killing an Indigenous woman in Manitoba after a night of drinking and sex told a jury Monday that she came at him with a knife and he blacked out. But Crown ...
May 08, 2019
California to outlaw pesticide harmful to kids
LOS ANGELES - The nation's most productive agricultural state will ban a widely used toxic pesticide blamed for harming brain development in babies, California officials said Wednesday. The move would...
May 08, 2019
Former Liberal MP Darshan Kang apologizes for behaviour, maintains no ill intent
OTTAWA - A former Liberal MP who was found by his peers to have sexually harassed a member of his office staff is apologizing to the victim for unintentionally causing her difficulty. But reading...
May 08, 2019
Boy's song inspires Francois Legault to rebuild flooded school in Beauce
MONTREAL - A town in Quebec's Beauce region will be getting a new elementary school after a student's song about its sorry state drew the attention of Premier Francois Legault. Legault said ...
May 08, 2019
Regina police pilot program will allow experts to review sex assault cases
REGINA - The Regina Police Service is the latest agency in Canada to pilot a program that allows sexual assault investigations to be reviewed by outside experts. The service says it will be tryin...
May 08, 2019
Trial ordered in Canada Day sexual assault of young teen
A man accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl on the night of Canada Day 2018 has been ordered to stand trial.Darrien Francis Nepoose, 18, is charged with aggravated sexual assault and will ...
May 08, 2019 (rdnewsNOW file photo)