Reuters - TOKYO (Reuters) - Oil rose for a fourth straight day to stay above $118 a barrel on Thursday, on fears Tropical Storm Gustav may hit the Gulf of Mexico a...
The Canadian Press - TORONTO - Canada's food inspection system, under scrutiny amid a massive meat recall and a listeriosis outbreak that's killed at least five people...
AFP - PARIS (AFP) - Hong Kong and Macau are set to be the latest Asian cities to have their top eateries put on the international culinary map by France's prestigious...
AFP - WASHINGTON (AFP) - Enforcement of child labor laws is weak across the globe due to lack of resources and corruption, a US Labor Department study said Wednesday.
AFP - PARIS (AFP) - French nuclear group Areva is facing a 50 percent rise to the cost of building the world's first next-generation pressurised water reactor in Finl...
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) The Boston Red Sox further slammed the slim playoff hopes of the New York Yankees on Wednesday, routing them 11-3 at Yankee Stadium for a ...
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Joe Sakic will play in the NHL for a 20th season after signing a one-year deal with the Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday, the team sai...
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former world number one Andy Roddick roared past grand slam veteran Fabrice Santoro of France 6-2 6-2 6-2 on Wednesday to complete the m...
Reuters - NEW YORK, Aug 27 (Reuters) The Boston Red Sox further slammed the slim playoff hopes of the New York Yankees on Wednesday, routing them 11-3 at Yankee Stadiu...
The Canadian Press - TORONTO - Scores of Canadians are joining class-action lawsuits amid a massive recall of deli meat and an outbreak of the potentially deadly Liste...
CBC - David Purcey may look like an unmade bed, sweat more than any Blue Jay in recent memory and bring size-18 cleats to the mound with him, but on Wednesday night ag...
AFP - SINGAPORE (AFP) - ASEAN nations have concluded a deal for free trade in goods with India, the bloc's seventh-largest trading partner, ministers said Thursday.
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lindsay Davenport needed to rely on her greater wealth of experience to steer past Russian teenager Alisa Kleybanova 7-5 6-3 in the seco...
Reuters - Aug 27 (Reuters) - Major League Baseball results on Wednesday (home team in CAPS) Chicago Cubs 2 PITTSBURGH 0 SAN DIEGO 5 Arizona 4 Minnesota 6 SEATTLE 5 Flo...
AFP - WASHINGTON (AFP) - A Nepalese man and relatives of 12 of his slain comrades filed a lawsuit in federal court against the construction and services giant KBR on ...
AFP - CARACAS (AFP) - Venezuela has raked in 4.3 billion dollars from a tax on windfall oil profits it started collecting from state-owned Petroleos de Venezuela in m...
CBC - A goal in the 42nd minute from midfielder Joey Gjertsen gave the Montreal Impact a 1-0 win against visiting Real Esteli FC in the preliminary leg of the inaugura...
The Canadian Press - TORONTO - The Toronto stock market finished sharply higher Wednesday as banks reacted positively to CIBC's (TSX:CM) earnings report and investors ...
The Canadian Press - ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has signed a bill authorizing the state to award a licence to TransCanada Corp. (TSX:TRP)to start deve...
The Canadian Press - DEL MAR, Calif. - Jockey Clinton Potts celebrated his 37th birthday Wednesday by riding Ten Churros to a 2 1/2-length victory over Tammy's Luck i...
AFP - NEW YORK (AFP) - Serbian stars Novak Djokovic and Jelena Jankovic hobbled to victory on centre court while the Russian assault continued on day four of the 20.6...
The Canadian Press - VANCOUVER - The RCMP contravened its own policy by allowing direct policing in British Columbia by Texas state troopers, the body that investigate...
Reuters - ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Gov. Sarah Palin on Wednesday signed a bill giving the state authority to award TransCanada Corp a license to build and operate...
The Canadian Press - QUEBEC - Quebec Premier Jean Charest has called a byelection to get his unelected health minister into the provincial legislature.
CBC - Fourteen people have been arrested after a year-long investigation into the criminal activities of a violent gang, Calgary police announced Wednesday.
The Canadian Press - BRAMPTON, Ont. - Peel Regional Police say their new hotline for reporting hate crimes against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people is t...
CBC - Two brands of Quebec-made cheese have been pulled from store shelves after provincial health officials found contamination from a strain of listeria.
The Canadian Press - CALGARY - Nine years after its discovery in the badlands of southeastern Alberta, the 75-million-year-old fossil of a pregnant turtle finally made...
CBC - Federal inspectors in charge of overseeing health standards at a Maple Leaf Foods processing plant at the centre of a deadly outbreak of listeriosis were doing t...
The Canadian Press - MONTREAL - Newspaper producer AbitibiBowater Inc. (TSX:ABH) is preparing to slash jobs at its mill in Grand Falls-Windsor, N.L., as it continues t...
