Anthony Bennett, the first Canadian player chosen No. 1 in the NBA draft in 2013, was released by the Toronto Raptors on Monday after spending most of the current season with Raptors 905, their developmental league team.

Blue Jays slugger Edwin Encarnacion missed Monday's intrasquad game a day after having an abscessed tooth pulled.

Health Canada has approved a daily HIV prevention pill in combination with safer sex practices, the drug’s manufacturer says.

Toronto Raptors guard Kyle Lowry punctuated his spectacular week with a career-high 43 points in the team's win over the Cleveland Cavaliers.

The Blue Jays' Devon Travis didn't play in the Monday's intrasquad game — he won't see any action for at least another month due to off-season shoulder surgery — but just being on the field was enough for him.

As Health Canada moves closer to a deadline forcing changes in labelling certain homeopathic remedies directed at children, The Current looks at the rift between trust and science in treatment.

Good news for men with prostate cancer. A new approach means less treatment and less worry.

One-page letters are being put in MLB clubhouse lockers reminding big leaguers that smokeless tobacco is banned at stadiums in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Boston.

The benefits of flibanserin for women's libido are "marginal" considering its side-effects, and its approval by U.S. regulators was based on weak science, doctors say.

Canadian insurance companies are changing the wording in their policies and reviewing whether to remove controversial clauses in group and individual benefit plans that exclude coverage for people who try to kill or injure themselves.

Alberta's Chelsea Carey defeated Northern Ontario's Krista McCarville 7-6 on Sunday to win the Canadian women's curling championship.

Andre Drummond had 15 points and 18 rebounds, and the Detroit Pistons took advantage of Kyle Lowry's absence to beat the Toronto Raptors 114-101 on Sunday night.

The Toronto Blue Jays added more depth to their pitching staff Sunday, signing veteran right-hander Rafael Soriano to a minor league contract with an invite to major league spring training.

This week's parliamentary report on the right to die has put a profound moral and legal question to federal lawmakers: Should children suffering from incurable illness be allowed to end their own life with the help of a doctor?

As the federal Liberals map out their plan for legalizing marijuana, politicians and policy analysts look at how — and how successfully — other countries have overturned the prohibition of pot.

With two seconds left in overtime of a 118-118 game again against the Oklahoma City Thunder, Steph Curry pulled up from way beyond the three-point line and nailed the game-winning shot to give Golden State a 121-118 victory.

Northern Ontario's Krista McCarville advanced to the Canadian women's curling championship final with a 7-5 win over Jennifer Jones in Saturday's semifinal.

Kyle Lowry poured in a career-high 43 points, including a jump shot with four seconds on the clock, to lift Toronto to a 99-97 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday, in a thrilling battle between the top two teams in the Eastern Conference.

A total of nine pregnant travellers have been found in lab tests to have Zika infections, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says, while reminding people to take precautions against mosquito bites and potential sexual transmission of the virus.

Edwin Encarnacion says he wants to be a Toronto Blue Jay for the rest of his career. Encarnacion is set to become a free agent at the end of this season unless a new contract with the team can be reached.

Outfielder Domonic Brown will finally have his shot to crack the Toronto Blue Jays roster as he joins the team at spring training camp.

Surgeons in Cleveland say they have performed the first uterus transplant in the U.S., a new frontier that aims to give women who lack wombs a chance at pregnancy.

Health-care workers, patient groups and governments are striving to cut inappropriate prescriptions for seniors by 50 per cent by 2020.

A night after scoring 42 in a six-point victory at Miami, Stephen Curry made 20 of 27 shots, including 10 of 15 3-pointers. The Warriors pulled away in the closing minutes of the third quarter, with his bank shot putting the defending NBA champions up 99-91.

Alberta's Chelsea Carey hopes her curling team regained their early-tournament form in time for playoffs at the Canadian women's curling championship.

Major League Baseball and the players' union have banned rolling block slides to break up potential double plays, hoping to prevent a repeat of the takeout by Chase Utley that broke the leg of New York Mets shortstop Ruben Tejada in last year's playoffs.

Exactly what triggers dystonia — an involuntary muscle contraction of the hand, fingers, neck or mouth, which is sometimes very painful — is unclear. But some researchers think the underlying problem that causes it may also be the key to treating it, and other brain-linked disorders like Parkinson's.

The Toronto Blue Jays have signed outfielder Domonic Brown to a minor league contract with an invitation to attend Major League spring training in Dunedin.

A report tabled in Parliament today offers 21 recommendations for new legislation concerning medical assistance in dying. What do you think? What should the rules be around medically assisted dying?

A leaked memo reveals physician-assisted death is "not permitted" at a Catholic-based health provider in Vancouver, putting into question how it will adjust its policies when a recent Supreme Court of Canada ruling becomes federal legislation.

The World Health Organization says women in countries hit by the Zika virus should breastfeed their babies and there is no proof the disease can spread to their infants that way.

The Federal Court judge who struck down Canada's medical marijuana rules was unsparing in his characterization of Conservative policies based on ideology. But the Liberal government now faces a challenge in the months it will take to come up with a new set of regulations: do they continue to enforce bad law?

A special joint parliamentary committee is poised to make recommendations to the federal government on how to deal with some of the thorniest questions surrounding medically assisted dying.

An emotional video of a Truro father explaining what he's learned from having a son with Down syndrome has struck a chord with parents of special-needs children across Canada and around the world.

The victories at the Air Canada Centre keep coming for the Toronto Raptors. DeMar DeRozan poured in 31 points to lift the Raptors to a 114-105 victory over Minnnesota on Wednesday, tying the franchise record with their ninth consecutive win at home.

Teams jockeyed for playoff positions at the Canadian women's curling championship Wednesday as the preliminary round's finish line loomed.

Andrew Wiggins has become accustomed to playing in the Air Canada Centre, with its Maple Leaf on the ceiling and "We the North" banners on the walls.

People who bought an unauthorized natural health product called Novodalin B17 claiming to treat cancer should stop using it and contact their doctor for follow-up, Health Canada says.

Canada's largest drug store chain is reportedly looking into the possibility of selling marijuana in its stores as soon as the regulatory framework makes it OK to do so.

A Federal Court judge has struck down federal regulations and granted medical marijuana patients the right to grow their own cannabis.

Texas Rangers slugger Josh Hamilton will start the season on the disabled list because of an injured left knee.

First Nations people in northern Ontario have greater health concerns and receive less health care than the rest of Canada, according to several groups declaring a public health emergency on Wednesday.

A Federal Court judge is expected to release a decision today on whether medical marijuana patients have the right to grow their own cannabis. Four B.C. residents argued the previous Conservative government's law violates their charter rights.

A Missouri jury has awarded $72 million to the family of an Alabama woman who died from ovarian cancer, which she said was caused by using Johnson & Johnson's well-known baby powder and other products containing talcum.

Adding jumping jacks and running on the spot to math and language classes helps students to learn the material better, say Dutch researchers adding to findings on the benefits of physically active lessons.

Colorado Rockies shortstop Jose Reyes was placed on paid leave Tuesday under Major League Baseball's new domestic violence policy pending completion of criminal proceedings.

Northern Ontario's Krista McCarville and Winnipeg's Jennifer Jones each posted wins Tuesday at the Canadian women's curling championship to remain in playoff contention. McCarville beat PEI's Suzanne Birt 10-8 while Jones prevailed 10-6 over New Brunswick's Sylvie Robichaud.

U.S. and Brazilian health workers fanned out across one of Brazil's poorest states Tuesday in search of mothers and their infants for a study aimed at determining whether the Zika virus is causing birth defects in babies.

Toronto Blue Jays GM Ross Atkins is keeping his lips sealed when it comes to contract negotiations and trade rumours. "When it comes to a negotiation, a trade rumour, we are not going to discuss them publicly," Atkins said from the team's spring training site in Dunedin, Fla.

Former Canadian Olympian Adam Kreek and his family are trying to kick their sugar habit, by virtually eliminating processed sugar from their diets for a year.