Howard Alexander

TORONTO – A cyberattack on a website facilitating extramarital affairs is taking a toll on families across the world, Toronto police said Monday as they announced two unconfirmed reports of suicides and a string of extortion crimes related to the hack.

LAVAL, Qc – Justin Trudeau says he wants the major federal party leaders to sit down together before election day to discuss Canada's role in the Syrian refugee crisis.

OTTAWA – The Conservatives stumbled as the federal election reached an unofficial milestone on Monday, dropping two candidates from their slate in the important battleground of the Greater Toronto Area after embarrassing videos surfaced in the mainstream media and online.

OTTAWA – Canada will be supplying additional humanitarian assistance for victims of the conflict in Syria.

EDMONTON – A six-year-old cancer patient from Edmonton is living out her dream as she travels around the city fighting crime as a pint-sized superhero.

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.