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HONG KONG - Nathan Lawson's last-minute try gave Australia a 20-17 win over Fiji in the final of the Cathay Pacific/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens on Sunday, ending the Fijians' run of five straight tournament...

Idling vehicles in colder weather season is upon us, which means more opportunities for theft of vehicles and from vehicles if not done with the right precautions. Constable Lindsay McNab with the Gra...

Toronto Raptors forward Pascal Siakam is expected to miss at least two weeks with a strained right adductor muscle, the team said Sunday. Siakam suffered the injury when he slipped during the third qu...

MUNICH (AP) - Bayern Munich says Alphonso Davies' injury is not as bad as initially feared and that his participation in the World Cup for Canada is "not at risk." The 22-year-old Davies suffered what...

WASHINGTON - It's not every day that a Canadian prime minister gets name-checked in a political debate in the United States. But in a hyper-polarized midterm election season, it's not surprising it wo...

OTTAWA - Legend has that when Canadian troops stormed ashore under a hail of German gunfire at the French port of Dieppe in August 1942, one of the hundreds who eventually died in the attack was carry...

IDLIB, Syria (AP) - Syrian government forces shelled tent settlements housing families displaced by the country's conflict in the rebel-held northwest early Sunday, killing at least six people and wou...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - A small passenger plane crashed Sunday morning into Lake Victoria on approach to an airport in Tanzania. Local authorities said 26 of the 43 people on board the Precision Air fli...

CAMPBELL RIVER - British Columbia scuba diver Andrea Humphreys' new acquaintance greeted her more like a long-lost friend, with extended arms, then a full-body hug, and finally a kiss, lip to tentacle...

VANCOUVER - The two-storey family home with a classic design and wooden cladding blends in with its neighbours, but its thick, insulated walls, airtightness, solar panels, heat pump and highly efficie...