Josh Hamilton returned to the place where he's enjoyed his greatest baseball success and in a four-game series in Arlington, Texas proved he's still a baseball force for the Rangers.

Oakland A's catcher Stephen Vogt gave viewers of the MLB Network's Intentional Talk show a special taste of his unique brand of humour Friday.

Trevor Plouffe hit a two-run homer, Torii Hunter had a go-ahead double in the seventh inning and the Minnesota Twins beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 on Sunday.

Kathy Wardle's final wish was that she would be one of the last Canadians to travel abroad to end her life. She hopes no one will have to go through what she did.

Employers are required to help workers who are dealing with a mental illness or disability. But legal experts say it's important to disclose an illness early — and sometimes to even tell an employer a little more than they strictly need to know.

The New Orleans Pelicans have hired Golden State Warriors assistant Alvin Gentry as head coach, according to a person familiar with the situation. The person spoke to The Associated Press on Saturday on condition of anonymity because no announcement has been made.

Brian Dozier drove in the tiebreaking run with a triple in the seventh inning, lifting the Minnesota Twins past the Toronto Blue Jays 3-2 on Saturday.

A French scientist and pesticide expert says there is a a "clear connection" between what happened decades ago with DDT and what is happening now with neonics, referring to the controversial pesticide that many scientists blame for the widespread death of bees.

Chris Colabello hit a two-run tiebreaking homer in the ninth inning against former teammate Glen Perkins, giving Mark Buehrle and the Toronto Blue Jays a 6-4 victory over the Twins on a soggy Friday night, stopping Minnesota's five-game winning streak.

The Orlando Magic have hired former player Scott Skiles as their next head coach.

How do you say "foul" in italian? Former NBA player Metta World Peace, also known as Ron Artest, and currently known as The Panda's Friend surely understands the translation well after being called for five fouls within a minute on Wednesday.

Houston Rockets centre Dwight Howard has been suspended without pay for one game after getting his fourth flagrant foul point in the post-season.

A Dartmouth, N.S., woman and her husband were driving by a cemetery when he noticed two people taking bodies out of a U-Haul truck. The woman said what they discovered 'absolutely mortified' her.

Labour Minister Kellie Leitch is in Nepal - not as a representative of the government, but in her other role as a pediatric orthopedic surgeon, paying her own way to help victims of the recent earthquakes.

The chief executive of Nova Scotia’s Canadian Cancer Society division says the lawsuit a tobacco giant has launched against the provincial government is “outrageous” and amounts to a “corporate bullying tactic."

China says a 44-year-old South Korean man had tested positive for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), China's first confirmed case.

Loblaw Companies Ltd. is expanding a recall earlier this week pertaining to President's Choice hummus, products which may contain the toxin produced by staphylococcus bacteria, and should not be eaten.

Prescription drug spending in Canada reached an estimated $28.8 billion last year, driven by new biologics that can cost up to hundreds of thousands of dollars per patient.

The rugby-related death of Rowan Stringer was a "perfect storm" of events that proves everyone needs education on concussions, a renowned brain injury expert told the coroner's inquest on Thursday.

Health officials in British Columbia are warning small-flock chicken farmers they may be raising chicks infected with salmonella, and the bacterial infection could be passed on to their customers through farm gate eggs.

The Chicago Bulls have fired coach Tom Thibodeau after losing in the second round of the playoffs.

South Korea's tally of patients of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) rose to seven on Thursday, with authorities saying one suspected victim skipped out of voluntary home quarantine to take a trip to China.

An Oliver doctor who lost his bid to be the next president of Doctors of B.C. is calling for a recount after losing by one vote to one of the country's strongest advocates for private medical surgery options.

Denis Coderre has got high hopes to bring major league baseball back to Montreal, and he's making the pitch official today in New York City. CBC News will livestream the news conference after the meeting.

It may have been the Golden State Warriors who won the game and the series to advance to the NBA finals. It may have been her dad who led all scorers despite taking a spectacular spill. But on Twitter, it was little Riley Curry who stole the entire show.

A 15-year-old girl who was badly beaten and sexually assaulted in Winnipeg, after she was staying in a hotel in the care of Child and Family Services, is still recovering in hospital, and can’t communicate, sit up or move around.

Winston Loveys must first prove his mother took thalidomide while pregnant with him before he’s able to seek federal compensation.

More fast-food companies that have fed our guilty pleasures are changing their menus. But they aren't necessarily moving away from their high-calorie, high-fat roots. Instead, they're embracing a version of health today's consumers demand: transparency about how their food is made and what goes into it.

Stephen Curry had 26 points and eight rebounds, Harrison Barnes added 24 points and the Golden State Warriors advanced to the NBA Finals for the first time in 40 years with a 104-90 victory over the Houston Rockets on Wednesday night.

NBA rookie of the year and Vaughan, Ont., native Andrew Wiggins sits down with CBC Toronto's Dwight Drummond to talk about his rise to fame and his roots in the community.

B.C. doctors have elected one of the country's strongest advocates for private health-care options to lead their professional organization.

Adam LaRoche drove in Jose Abreu with the go-ahead run in the 10th inning as the visiting Chicago White Sox defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 5-3 on Wednesday afternoon.

A mother and daughter say they've been blindsided after a call from a collections agency demanding almost $5,000 for an emergency medical transport in Ontario that happened 17 years ago.

A genetically engineered and harmless form of the herpes virus is showing promise in slowing the progression of melanoma, researchers report.

New cancer cases are expected to increase by about 40 per cent by 2030 as the population ages and grows, the Canadian Cancer Society says.

LeBron James punched his ticket to the NBA finals for the fifth year in a row when his Cleveland Cavaliers swept the Atlanta Hawks out of the playoffs in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals on Tuesday.

LeBron James scored 23 points, Kyrie Irving returned after missing two games and the Cleveland Cavaliers reserved a spot in the NBA Finals with a 118-88 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday night to win the Eastern Conference title.

Josh Donaldson hit a walkoff three-run homer to give the Toronto Blue Jays a wild 10-9 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night at Rogers Centre.

Since it happened 22 years ago today, it seems like the right time to reflect back on the fly ball that bounced off the head of Jose Canseco and over the fence for a home run.

Houston Rockets centre Dwight Howard will not be suspended for Game 5 of the Western Conference finals against the Golden State Warriors after the NBA decided to uphold his flagrant 1 foul.

Rob Ford, former Toronto mayor and current city councillor, was discharged from a local hospital on Tuesday, two weeks after his cancer surgery.

An inquest into the death of a woman who died hours after being discharged from a Winnipeg ER continued in Winnipeg on Tuesday.

Children developed better fine-motor skills when the clamping of their umbilical cord at birth was delayed several minutes compared with just seconds, according to a new randomized trial.

The coroner's inquest into the rugby-related death of Ottawa teenager Rowan Stringer heard testimony on Tuesday from the coach who conducted a concussion assessment test the day of Stringer's final game.

Advocates for developmentally disabled people say hospitals aren't the right place for them and that traditional housing with additional supports is more compassionate.

The Public Health Agency of Canada says it's investigating an outbreak of salmonella in British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan linked to live chicks from an Alberta hatchery.

Taco Bell and Pizza Hut say they're getting rid of artificial colours and flavours, making them the latest big food companies scrambling to distance themselves from ingredients people might find unappetizing.

Loblaw says it has recalled President's Choice Moroccan-style hummus, which may contain the toxin produced by staphylococcus bacteria, and it should not be eaten.

James Harden scored a playoff career-high 45 points and the Houston Rockets led from start to finish to avoid elimination in the Western Conference finals with a 128-115 victory over the Golden State Warriors in Game 4 on Monday night.

Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry left Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals on Monday after a hard fall in the second quarter.