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LOS ANGELES - Robin Thede's face lights up when she hears that the deliciously clever humour of her "A Black Lady Sketch Show" provokes a laugh-out-loud response. "That means the most. That's the whol...

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - The Toronto Raptors' playoff game against the Boston Celtics on Thursday night has been postponed in the aftermath of a weekend police shooting in Wisconsin, but the NBA says ...

Delayed due to the global pandemic but still taking place under the spectre of COVID-19, this year's Tour de France promises to be like no other. The 21-stage, 3,484-kilometre race starts Saturda...

A group advocating for diversity in hockey is calling for the NHL to suspend Thursday's playoff games in the aftermath of a police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man, in Wisconsin last wee...

WASHINGTON - Donald Trump will close out his party's national convention tonight by basking in the Republican limelight - but one of his Democrat rivals hopes to spoil the celebration. Sen. Kamala Har...

NEW YORK - Three of five Canadians are seeded and the two others won't face seeded players in the opening round of the U.S. Open next week. The draw was unveiled Thursday. The tournament is scheduled ...

OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Bill Blair is stepping in to ensure an advisory panel tasked with overseeing the segregation of federal inmates will get the data it needs to do its job. Anth...

CAPE BRETON, N.S. - A new alert system that will issue emergency messages to residents in five Nova Scotia Mi'kmaq communities is the first of its kind among Indigenous people...

A Statistics Canada report suggests that more than half of Canadians with disabilities who participated in a crowdsourced survey are struggling to make ends meet because of the financial imp...

TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays have acquired right-hander Taijuan Walker from the Seattle Mariners, bolstering a starting rotation missing three pitchers to injury. Toronto traded a player to be...