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San Francisco Supervisor London Breed emerged victorious Wednesday to become the city’s first African-American woman mayor after narrowly defeating a rival who was seeking to become the first op...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Matt Duffy’s RBI single with two outs in the ninth drove in the game’s only run in the Tampa Bay Rays’ 1-0 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday. Duffy d...

VICTORIA - In a story about plastic recycling published Tuesday, The Canadian Press erroneously said that some of the plastic to be recycled included six-pack rings and squeeze tubes. In fact, six-pac...

NEW YORK - Comcast made a $65 billion bid Wednesday for Fox’s entertainment businesses, setting up a battle with Disney to become the next mega-media company. The bid comes just a day after a fe...

TORONTO - The Toronto Marlies plan to stick with goaltender Garret Sparks for Thursday’s decisive Game 7 of the Calder Cup final against the Texas Stars. Sparks had a rare off-game in a 5-2 loss...

ROUYN-NORANDA, Que. - An American man charged in the slaying of a fellow hunting mate in northwestern Quebec over the weekend is due back in court in late August. John B. Tompkins, 50, was charged Mon...

Home field is definitely an advantage for the Calgary Stampeders. Calgary (2-0) hosts the Ottawa Redblacks on Thursday night having complied a stellar 40-6 record at McMahon Stadium over the last six ...

TORONTO - The prospect of coaching a World Cup on home soil helped draw John Herdman to leave his New Zealand coaching job to take over the Canadian women. “Are we the favourites for this event?...

VICTORIA - The wife of one of two missing British Columbia sailors says her husband’s dream voyage has become a nightmare as days pass without word from him. Leah Bliss said her friends and psyc...

TORONTO - Canada’s so-called rape-shield law, which aims to protect sexual-assault complainants from unfair and irrelevant scrutiny of their sex lives, cannot be used to prevent an accused from ...