DeMar DeRozan poured in 33 points while Kyle Lowry added 29 and the Toronto Raptors held on to beat the Denver Nuggets 105-102 on Monday.

The Toronto Raptors mascot took dressing up for Halloween to a whole new level, making an astonishing 21 costume changes over the course of one game.

The Chicago Cubs are looking to become the first team since the 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates to come back from a 3-1 World Series deficit by winning Games 6 and 7 on the road.

Jamal Murray is the latest in a growing list of Canadian players who once kicked around the Air Canada Centre as wide-eyed kids. They dreamed of the day they'd step on the floor in an NBA jersey. That day came Monday for Murray.

There are moments when content on a smartphone can make you oblivious to your surrounding and at imminent risk. It's called "distracted walking" and the outlaw it has begun in Calgary, Vancouver and Toronto. Heads up!

A male contraceptive needle is almost as effective as the female birth control pill - but side effects could be a deal breaker.

A southwestern Ontario minor baseball club is changing its name from the Indians, in a move designed to show respect to Indigenous communities.

Squabbling by provinces in the run-up to a new health accord points to the need for an agency that would share regional health-care innovations with the rest of the country, says an editorial in Canada's premier medical journal.

Bedtime use of cellphones or tablets by children — even just having access to them — is consistently linked to excessive daytime sleepiness and poor sleep, researchers say.

Reducing indoor allergens and pollutants can help control children's asthma, reducing their need for medication, according to a new report from the American Academy of Pediatrics.

A Calgary woman is fighting to be recognized as a thalidomide survivor after struggling to provide medical records required by the federal government to qualify for a compensation package announced last year.

Indigenous people in northern Manitoba say a shortage of dialysis machines is putting patients at risk — and some have already died.

Aroldis Chapman got eight outs in the longest relief appearance of his career and the Chicago Cubs held off Cleveland 3-2 Sunday night, cutting the Indians' lead in the World Series 3-2.

Elvis Stojko pulled Patrick Chan aside at Skate Canada to offer advice that could help put him in medal contention at the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics.

Team Edin leads Team Jacobs 1-0 after three ends at the Grand Slam of Curling Masters from Okotoks, Alta.

Josh Pelland was what's lovingly known in the climbing community as a dirtbag. Then, a "small little hurdle" altered his life. Now, he's getting to walk again, with the help of a $100,000 exoskeleton.

Take a peek at all the behind-the-scenes action with the best photos from the first stop of the Grand Slam tour in Okotoks, Alta.

Olympic champion rink Team Jacobs held their focus and overcame Team Gushue with stand-in skip Mark Nichols as the quarter-finals concluded at the Masters Grand Slam in Okotoks, Alta., on Saturday.

Canada's Kaetlyn Osmond won silver in the women's singles event at Skate Canada International on Saturday. Her score of 206.45 was her first time topping the 200 mark internationally.

Toxicology reports show Miami Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez had alcohol and cocaine in his system when his boat crashed into a Miami Beach jetty. The cause of death was listed as "boat crash" in the autopsy report released Saturday by the Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner's Office.

Watch live coverage of the Masters Grand Slam of Curling tournament from Okotoks, Alta., on Saturday beginning at 1 p.m. ET as the men's quarter-final matches begin.

More than two years after their silver medal skate at the 2014 Sochi Olympics, Canadians Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir made a triumphant return — finally — on Friday, winning the short dance at Skate Canada International in Mississauga, Ont.

Check out the best photos from the Skate Canada International event from Mississauga, Ont., and get the inside scoop on how Canadian skaters fared with analysis from figure skating expert Pj Kwong.

Kevin Durant scored 30 points, Klay Thompson added 28 and the Golden State Warriors bounced back emphatically from a surprising season-opening loss to beat the New Orleans Pelicans 122-114 on Friday night.

Russell Westbrook had 51 points and a triple-double and scored the winning points in the Oklahoma City Thunder's 113-110 overtime victory over the Phoenix Suns on Friday night.

Cody Allen escaped a ninth-inning jam and the Cleveland Indians pitched their fifth shutout this post-season, holding off the Chicago Cubs 1-0 Friday night for a 2-1 lead as the World Series returned to Wrigley Field for the first time since 1945.

Sweden's Anna Hasselborg defeated Switzerland's Silvana Tirinzoni 8-5 on Friday to remain unbeaten at the WFG Masters curling competition.

Kyrie Irving scored 26 points including the winning basket and LeBron James added 21 as the Cleveland Cavaliers staved off several fourth-quarter Toronto comeback attempts Friday to defeat the Raptors 94-91.

Chicago guard Dwyane Wade was fined $25,000 US by the NBA on Friday for making a throat-slashing gesture after hitting a late 3-pointer in his Bulls debut Thursday night.

Cleveland Cavaliers forward Tristan Thompson has clarified comments published online this week where he called out Canadian players who chose not to play for the national basketball team.

Researchers are working on an exquisitely sensitive prosthetic system that mimics the sense of touch of a real hand

A St. Louis jury on Thursday awarded a California woman more than $70 million in her lawsuit alleging that years of using Johnson & Johnson's baby powder caused her cancer, the latest case raising concerns about the health ramifications of extended talcum powder use.

Low-income Berkeley neighbourhoods slashed sugar-sweetened beverage consumption by more than one-fifth after first soda tax enacted in the U.S.

Weeks after recalling meal replacement bars that made some customers severely stomach sick, Soylent has now halted production of its powder drink mix over similar reports.

The Windsor Essex County Health Unit reports three Aedes aegypti mosquito larvae found in the area tested negative for the Zika virus.

Renowned sports doctor Anthony Galea, who was convicted in the U.S. for importing unapproved and mislabeled drugs in 2011, was found guilty in Canada on Monday of professional misconduct.

The toughest thing to do in curling, especially if you’re Canadian, is to repeat as gold medallist at the Olympic Games. The journey to that end continues with the advent of the high stakes campaign beginning this weekend with the Grand Slam of Curling's Masters event.

Individuals in highly stressful jobs with little control tend to die at a younger age than workers who have more control in their jobs, researchers find.

The suspected murders of eight elderly patients in two Ontario nursing homes shouldn't automatically prompt coroners to launch more investigations into deaths in such facilities, says a member of the province's geriatric and long-term care review committee.

Canadian caregivers and health experts are closely watching new U.S. guidelines on how much screen time children should have.

The Halloween weekend event in Mississauga, Ont., will bring us not only a dramatic men's rematch, but also the return to Grand Prix skating of ice dance legends and 2010 Olympic champions Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir.

With the Cleveland Cavaliers returning to Toronto as NBA champions, there are still some hard feelings among Canadians ballers after the Olympics letdown.

Sweden's Anna Hasselborg remained perfect at the Masters Grand Slam of Curling with a 7-5 win over Tracy Fleury of Sudbury, Ont., in Draw 7 action on Thursday.

The Chicago Cubs will host a Fall Classic game for the first time in 71 years as the best-of-seven series moves to Wrigley Field for Game 3 on Friday.

Jared Sullinger was supposed to be making his Raptors regular-season debut Wednesday night. Instead he was hobbling around on a huge cast.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has given a Buffalo cancer hospital permission to proceed with a historic clinical trial of a lung cancer treatment in collaboration with a Cuban state biotech firm. The venture comes as the Obama administration loosens the Cuban trade embargo.

Julianne Seguin and Charlie Bilodeau skated to a first-place finish after a solid pairs free skate program at the 2016 Skate America on Saturday in Chicago.

Eyes are more relaxed when people are outside and that relaxed state may help lower the risk of children developing nearsightedness, a new study from the University of Waterloo's School of Optometry and Vision Science and the CNIB has found.

Environment Minister Perry Trimper says the Newfoundland and Labrador government will do what's necessary to make Muskrat Falls right.