Kyle Lowry poured in 29 points and the Toronto Raptors overcame 18 turnovers for a 120-105 win over the short-handed Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday night.

A person familiar with the negotiations tells The Associated Press negotiators for baseball players and owners have a verbal agreement on a five-year labour contract.

A woman who befriended Tamara Lovett and her son Ryan testified on Wednesday that the boy was "a beautiful endurer of abuse" who lived in the "darkest realms of poverty." Lovett is on trial, accused of failing to properly care for her son. He died in 2013 from a strep infection and never saw a doctor.

The hodgepodge of warnings that a food might accidentally contain a troublesome ingredient is confusing to people with food allergies and needs an overhaul, new report says.

For the fifth consecutive year, a Winnipeg hospital has claimed the unsavoury title of having the longest emergency room wait times in Canada, a national health report says. However there are early signs that improvements are on the horizon.

Steven Chapman admits that conducting his own hemodialysis treatment hundreds of kilometres from the nearest hospital is "kind of a dangerous thing", but he prefers that to the alternatives.

Jennifer Jones of Winnipeg opened the Canada Cup with a 9-4 victory over Edmonton's Kelsey Rocque on Wednesday morning at the Keystone Centre in Brandon, Man. Winners will lock up spots in the Olympic Trials next year in Ottawa.

​Ontario’s hospitals are too slow in getting their most critically ill patients into both intensive care and the operating room, with roughly one quarter of those surveyed waiting four hours for life-saving surgical procedures, the province’s auditor general found.

​Ontario's police leaders and chief coroner are providing an update on the deadly trend of fentanyl-related deaths in the province.

Premier Brad Wall says the Saskatchewan government wants to move towards an organ donation system that would require individuals to opt out of being a donor, going against the recommendation of a recent provincial report.

Calgary's medical examiner testified that seven-year-old Ryan Lovett died from an "overwhelming blood infection" in 2013. His mother, Tamara Lovett, is on trial for failing to provide the necessaries of life and criminal negligence causing death.

Canada's best curlers are set to compete in Brandon, Man. beginning Wednesday as they hope to claim top prize at the Canada Cup.

Cycling, swimming, doing aerobics and playing racquet sports offer life-saving benefits

Negotiators for baseball players and owners are meeting this week in Irving, Texas, in an attempt to reach agreement on a collective bargaining agreement to replace the five-year contract that expires at midnight on Thursday.

Trial believed to be the first in Canada to test an oral preparation that contains both CBD and THC, compounds in marijuana that have been shown in the lab and through anecdotal reports to have anticonvulsant properties in children.

Listeria contamination concerns have Sobeys removing Compliments brand broccoli slaw from store shelves.

A person familiar with the negotiations tells The Associated Press that outfielder Yoenis Cespedes and the New York Mets have agreed to a $110 million, four-year contract.

After the recent deaths of two Alberta children treated with natural remedies, a health law expert weighs in on what he describes as a trend of "pseudo-science" — and the question of whether prosecuting parents is the best way forward.

A man in Labrador City says more mental health resources are needed in western Labrador.

The Winnipeg laboratory worker whose torn suit raised fears he had been exposed to the Ebola virus has been released from quarantine after he displayed no symptoms, a government official said on Monday.

A local police officer and former Canadian soldier is speaking out about the anti-malaria drug mefloquine. He took the drug while deployed to Somalia in 1992 and says it has caused him decades of psychological problems.

A Calgary boy who died in 2013 lived in "squalor" in a "dark and dirty apartment" with his mother, who is accused of failing to provide the necessaries of life after treating his meningitis and strep infection with dandelion tea and oil of oregano.

Kyle Lowry was perfect from three-point range in a 24-point performance on Monday, leading the Toronto Raptors to a 122-95 shootout victory over the Philadelphia 76ers.

Thousands of heart surgery patients from across Atlantic Canada are being warned they may have been exposed to a bacteria that causes a rare infection while undergoing procedures in Halifax.

Doctors should assess and discuss the cardiorespiratory fitness of adults during routine visits, the American Heart Association advises.

Would you take a blood test that accurately predicts your chance of dying within five years?

Canada's health minister has "significant concerns" with Saskatchewan's buy one, get one policy for diagnostic scans such as MRIs.

An Olympic ice-dancing gold medallist and her dancing partner have caused controversy by dressing up in concentration camp uniforms for a routine on a popular television show.

A blind boy from Selkirk, Man. is getting a new outlook on life thanks to a pair of special e-glasses.

Perhaps there's a black belt in your child's future. But for safety's sake, kids should only engage in noncontact forms of martial arts, a new American Academy of Pediatrics report says.

It was a jam-packed weekend of high-performance sport around the world, with many Canadian athletes in action, including two world-record performances by Canadian ice dance duo Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir.

Experts say the trial of a woman who turned to holistic medicine before the death of her seven-year-old son is likely to reignite a debate over the use of natural and alternative treatments.

A B.C. drug producer known as Beeker opens up about the unstoppable force of fentanyl, and how underground chemists try to stay one step ahead of the police.

A Toronto research lap has tested easily available winter boots for walking on ice and wet ice. Most of them failed to keep the testers standing.

Canadian ice dance pair Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir continued their domination of the discipline by taking gold with another world record at the Grand Prix of Figure Skating's NHK Trophy event in Sapporo, Japan on Sunday.

Research shows lawyers and law students are at risk for mental health and addiction issues. But a general stigma and suck-it-up mentality often prevents them from seeking help.

Canada’s Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir finished first during the short dance portion of the Grand Prix of Figure Skating's NHK Trophy event in Sapporo, Japan on Friday.

DeMar DeRozan scored 26 points and Kyle Lowry added 19 to lead the Toronto Raptors to a 105-99 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Friday night.

Second Opinion is a vital dose of the week's news in health and medicine, from reporter Kelly Crowe and CBC Health.

In his state of the league address Friday in Toronto, CFL commissioner Jeffrey Orridge refused to admit a link between football and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a progressive degenerative disease of the brain.

How valid is a wait-time survey if most doctors ignore it? There are serious flaws in the methodology behind the Fraser Institute's annual report on wait times. And some critics say the real motivation is to undermine Canada's public health care system.

It's the one-time Expos outfielder's last chance to be voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, and politicians are campaigning for Tim Raines to take what they believe is his rightful place in Cooperstown.

Many patients who have their appendix removed can safely go home from the hospital the same day, a U.S. study suggests.

Ramandeep Athwal is ready to stage a protest at the offices of the Alberta Dental Association and College and says the public must join him if he is ever to learn what happened to his four-year-old child.

A B.C. man who is challenging the province's laws on the preservation of the body after death has signed a groundbreaking cryonic contract. Keegan Macintosh is believed to be the first person to sign a deal with a Canadian provider to keep his body in a state of permanent suspension.

Marijuana legalization is looming in Canada, but what’s in today’s weed — and what isn't — may surprise you.

The fear of deadly fentanyl doesn't stop addicts at pop-up injection sites, where they know they can get help if they OD.

Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu recorded a season-best score to dominate the men's short program at the NHK Trophy on Friday.

Talks between the provinces and the federal government on a new health accord have "gone silent," according to Newfoundland's health minister, casting doubt there will be a signed agreement by year's end.

In the fight against diabetes and obesity, one important factor may have been overlooked: our molecular clock.