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Mon, 16 Feb 2015 16:08:51 EST Lesley Gore, singer and songwriter, dead at age 68 Mon, 16 Feb 2015 16:08:51 EST Singer-songwriter Lesley Gore, who topped the charts in 1963 with her epic song of teenage angst It's My Party, and followed it up with the hits Judy's Turn to Cry and the feminist anthem You Don't Own Me, died Monday. She was 68. Read More Taxi by dissident Iranian director Panahi nabs top prize at Berlinale Sun, 15 Feb 2015 11:01:11 EST Iranian dissident filmmaker Jafar Panahi's movie 'Taxi,' in which the director stars as a taxi driver talking to passengers as he navigates the streets of Tehran, won the top Golden Bear prize. Read More Bell, Telus want consumer groups' CraveTV complaint dismissed Mon, 16 Feb 2015 09:53:51 EST Two of Canada's biggest telecommunications companies are asking Canada's broadcast regulator to toss out a 'frivolous' complaint from consumer advocacy groups alleging that Bell's CraveTV streaming service restricts Canadians' access to streamed TV shows. Read More John Belushi, Bill Murray, Gilda Radner in never-broadcast footage Sat, 14 Feb 2015 17:00:00 EST In the 1970s, CBC Television went behind the scenes at the Radio Hour to meet a new breed of comedian. The documentary that this footage was shot for was never completed or aired. But portions of partially edited segments remain. Read More Winnipeg MP urges boycott of 50 Shades of Grey, donations to women's shelter Sun, 15 Feb 2015 12:04:28 EST A Winnipeg MP who has dedicated her political career to helping victims of human trafficking is outraged that erotic romance drama Fifty Shades of Grey was released, and playing in the city's theatres, on Valentine's Day. Read More More Headlines 2 N.B. newspaper editors out over trip to government fishing lodge Saturday Night Live: Live from New York, 10 Canadians Columnist David Carr: Brilliant, compelling, one-of-a-kind Master doc maker passes knowledge on to aspiring indigenous filmmakers Arlene Dickinson leaves CBC’s Dragons’ Den after 8 seasons Fifty Shades of Grey courts controversy with depiction of 'emotional abuse' Bob Simon: 60 Minutes correspondent's death ruled an accident Fifty Shades of Grey is 'clinical and cliché' New York Times columnist David Carr dies after collapsing in newsroom Emile Hirsch, Into the Wild star, charged with choking studio executive at Sundance