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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.

ODENSE, Denmark – A Danish zoo publicly dissected a year-old male lion Thursday, pulling out its blood-red organs to show a few hundred people including children — an event met outside of Denmark with criticism and online protests.

OTTAWA – The Supreme Court of Canada has affirmed British Columbia's tough drunk-driving law, which imposes heavy fines, penalties and immediate roadside suspensions.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Sixty-one wingsuit skydivers have flown into the record books, creating a diamond-shaped formation while soaring over California before breaking apart and floating to the ground.

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.

VANCOUVER – Dutch prosecutors have dropped a charge of creating child pornography against Aydin Coban, the same man who is accused of extortion and Internet luring in Canada connected to the Amanda Todd case.

OTTAWA – Concerns voiced by Jim Balsillie over the massive Trans-Pacific Partnership treaty have intensified scrutiny of the pact's intellectual-property provisions — and whether they represent a bad deal for Canada.

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: