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DUNEDIN, Fla. - Newcomer Steven Matz pitched three scoreless innings as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Philadelphia Phillies 4-1 in pre-season action on Tuesday. The left-hander, acquired from the New...

For Canadian snowboarder Max Parrot, being recognized alongside the likes of LeBron James and Rafael Nadal has been part shock and part inspiration. Hearing he'd been nominated for "Comeback of the Ye...

TORONTO - A constitutional rights advocacy group is mounting a legal challenge to the Canadian government's quarantine hotel policy.The Canadian Constitution Foundation has filed an application with O...

O'FALLON, Mo. - Eric Greitens' political future seemed doomed by scandal when he resigned as Missouri governor. Now, he appears primed to test whether Sen. Roy Blunt's retirement provides a path for r...

VICTORIA - For years, British Columbia conservation officers have been checking boats coming into the province for invasive zebra mussels, but now it turns out they're coming through local pet stores....

BARABOO, Wis. - The first whooping crane hatched at the International Crane Foundation in Wisconsin has died. Foundation officials said the crane, named Gee Whiz, died on Feb. 24 of natural causes. He...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Tuesday signed into law legislation banning nearly all abortions in the state, a sweeping measure that supporters hope will force the U.S. Supreme C...

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - A bull moose that managed to wander inside the fenced perimeter at the Prince George, B.C., airport ended up staying after finding itself alone in what an animal researcher says ...

100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - 100 Mile House RCMP said they made progress to solve a rash of mail thefts in the area.On Monday (Mar. 8), officers were tipped off by an employee of a government agency that th...

OTTAWA - Representatives of Canada's horse-racing industry are calling for special protections as legislators weigh a private member's bill to allow one-game sports betting, which is currently illegal...