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'Balaclava rapist' gets day parole after more than 30 years in jail
China stocks fall as regulatory curb talk spooks traders
An investor looks at an electronic board showing stock information at a brokerage house in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, July 27, 2016.
US Olympic boxer Shields stronger after conflict with coach
FILE - In this July 24, 2015, file photo, Claressa Shields, of the United States, right, competes against Yenebier Guillen Benitez, of the Dominican Republic, in the fourth round of the women's middleweight gold medal boxing bout at the Pan Am Games in Oshawa, Ontario. Coach Billy Walsh brought a lifetime of amateur boxing experience from his native Ireland when he took over at foundering USA Boxing late last year. When he tried to impose that knowledge on Olympic gold medalist Claressa Shields, they nearly tore apart the program before finding mutual respect on their way to Rio de Janeiro. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
Whole Foods meets 3Q profit forecasts
Greece: anarchists evicted from illegally occupied buildings
Earls of Leicester lead bluegrass award nominations
FILE - In this Feb. 8, 2015 file photo, Jerry Douglas, from left, Shawn Camp, John Warren and Charlie Cushman, of The Earls Of Leicester, pose in the press room with the award for best bluegrass album for "The Earls Of Leicester" at the 57th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. The band os nominated for eight awards individually and as a group, including entertainers of the year, at this year’s International Bluegrass Music Awards. The awards show will be held on September 29 in Raleigh, N.C. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)
How the Dow Jones industrial average fared on Wednesday
The close: Stocks end mixed as Fed sees fewer economic risks
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., July 27, 2016.
Moody's: Atlantic City likely to default Monday without loan
Trump gets smoother ride than Clinton in Russian media
WestJet finds lost gecko, owner wants airline to change policy on pet transport
A gecko named Nom, is seen in this undated handout photo. A pet gecko that disappeared after its owner put it on a WestJet flight from Toronto to Vancouver last Sunday has been found alive. Meryl Bishop, the owner of Nom the gecko, received a call from the airline on Wednesday afternoon to say she's been found. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ HO, Meryl Bishop
Facebook beats 2Q forecasts, user numbers grow, stock soars
FILE - In this May 16, 2012, file photo, the Facebook logo is displayed on an iPad in Philadelphia. Facebook reports financial results Wednesday, July 27, 2016. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Amgen tops Street 2Q forecasts
Investment banker blames father at NY insider trading trial
Appeal filed in copyright case of Led Zeppelin's 'Stairway'
Ex-presidential candidate Chafee skips Democratic convention
SABMiller suspends integration work for beer merger
Bronx Zoo breeds 1st little penguin in its 120-year history
In this July 25, 2016 photo provided by the Wildlife Conservation Society, a "little penguin" chick is shown in its habitat at the Bronx Zoo in New York. Hatched on May 10, 2016, it is the first "little penguin" born at the zoo in the zoo's 120 year history. "Little penguins," also known as "fairy penguins" and "blue penguins," are the smallest of the 18 penguin species. Adults are only about 13 inches tall and weigh 2 to 3 pounds. (Julie Larsen Maher/Wildlife Conservation Society via AP)
Crude-by-rail shipments on steady decline month-over-month in 2016: StatsCan
After years of fighting off challengers, Elliott finally an unquestioned No. 1
St. Louis Blues goalie Brian Elliott (1) makes a save during the second period in Game 2 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Western Conference finals against the San Jose Sharks, in St. Louis on May 17, 2016. The temperatures outside are scorching, but new Flames goaltender Brian Elliott is eager to get back in the rink. After years of fending off challengers for his job in St. Louis, Elliott has big expectations entering next season as the unquestioned No. 1 in Calgary. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Jeff Roberson
Novak Djokovic understands there’s more to tennis than the game
Eric Duhatschek
Missing ex-Guantanamo detainee reappears in Venezuela
FILE - In this June 5, 2015 file photo, Abu Wa'el Dhiab, from Syria, right, and Adel bin Muhammad El Ouerghi, of Tunisia, both freed Guantanamo Bay detainees, look out the window of their shared home in Montevideo, Uruguay. Abu Wa'el Dhiab, who disappeared in June 2016 in Uruguay, setting off alarm bells in neighboring countries and recriminations in Washington, has reappeared in Venezuela according to Uruguay's Foreign Minister Rodolfo Nin Novoa on Wednesday, July 27, 2016. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico, File)
Tuesday deadline to apply for Fort McMurray wildfire temporary housing help
Robomowers let you sit back and watch the grass go
Husqvarna’s Automower 450X is made for large-size lawns and is able to cut up to 1.25 acres of grass before needing to be recharged.
Padres hit three homer runs to double up Blue Jays 8-4 and avoid sweep
San Diego Padres' Alex Dickerson celebrates a home run against the Toronto Blue Jays during eighth inning MLB interleague baseball action in Toronto on Wednesday, July 27, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Aaron Vincent Elkaim
Damon's company is taking steps to address diversity crisis
Women should have a choice between a home birth or the hospital
Carly Weeks
AP source: Site for Obama's presidential library chosen
Feds to complete purchase of Maine blueberries
FILE - In this July 30, 2015 file photo, a blueberry harvester makes its way through a field near Appleton, Maine. The federal government is expected to complete a plan to help the state's wild blueberry industry by buying surplus berries. The purchase could impact prices to consumers. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, files)
Five ways to perk up your porch
The Keter Hangier Sphere Planter features an inner bowl with drainage plug.
Researchers seeing more sharks up and down the East Coast
In this Tuesday, July 25, 2016 photo released by the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy, a great white shark swims close to the Cape Cod shore in Chatham, Mass. A Massachusetts state biologist said shark sightings are up slightly along the East Coast this summer. (Wayne Davis/Atlantic White Shark Conservancy via AP)
Toronto Blue Jays' Dickey at a loss to explain ongoing long-ball horror
Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher R.A. Dickey (43) delivers a pitch against the Seattle Mariners in the first inning at Rogers Centre in Toronto on Saturday, July 23, 2016.
Canadian Armed Forces warn Pokemon Go users to stay off bases
The Canadian military is urging players to refrain from trying to enter defence establishments to play Pokemon Go.
Body of missing Calgary youngster recovered in Yoho National Park
Education, not regulation, biggest hurdle in federal social finance push: Lawyer
From living space to bygone tradition, porches now a platform for nostalgia
In some areas, the porch is the projection – literally – of a desire to encourage an ideal community in which everyone is friendly and knows each other.
Rauner: Illinois doing all it can on Legionnaires' cases
Filling out your garden with edible plants can be a worthwhile endeavour
Hosta, that familiar shady-side perennial, is grown commercially in parts of Asia as an edible.
Guatemala orders new graft probe of former president, ex-VP
In this July 22, 2016 photo, Guatemala's jailed, former President Otto Perez Molina attends a pre-trial hearing in Guatemala City. A Guatemalan judge has formally ordered prosecutors to investigate Perez Molina and his ex-VP Roxanna Baldetti in a corruption case, on Wednesday, July 27, 2016. It’s the second graft case against Perez Molina and the third against Baldetti. They deny the accusations. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
Regulators to revisit saving southern New England's lobsters
The Latest: Problem in engine room led to flooding on boat
In this Tuesday, July 26, 2016 frame from video provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, crew from a sinking fishing boat, left, board life rafts off Alaska's Aleutian Islands in the Bering Sea. When the Alaska Juris started taking on water Tuesday, crew members donned survival suits and got into rafts. (U.S. Coast Guard via AP)
Nova Scotia father convicted in assault that 'crushed' infant son's skull
Suspect in Ohio college student's killing will stay in jail
This undated booking photo provided by the Fulton County Sheriff's Department shows James Worley. Worley, who spent three years in prison after the 1990 abduction of a female cyclist, was arrested Friday, July 22, 2016, three days after a college student disappeared. He was charged Tuesday, July 26 with aggravated murder and was due in court Wednesday. (Fulton County Sheriff's Department via The Blade via AP)
Hundreds of parrots up for adoption after transfer from B.C. refuge
Oscar, an Eclectus male parrot, sits at the World Parrot Refuge on Vancouver Island.
Chilling new details of France church attack emerge as hostage speaks
People gather Wednesday to pay respect with flowers and candles next to the church where a terror attack left a priest dead in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, Normandy, France, on July 26, 2016.
Russell Smith: The urban landscape, as seen through a digital screen
Russell Smith
At my grandmother’s cottage, the lake is my Prairie sky
ICE Futures Canada Wednesday: Canola futures prices higher, barley unchanged
A guide to a nation of Hillary haters
Tony Keller
Novak Djokovic survives scare from Gilles Muller in second round of Rogers Cup
Novak Djokovic of Serbia reacts after defeating Gilles Muller of Luxembourg during men's second round Rogers Cup tennis action in Toronto on Wednesday, July 27, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Triathlete strokes to marathon, 105-km, lengthwise swim of Okanagan Lake
The Latest: Police: Robbery suspect dead at senior centre
B.C. parrot refuge transfer complete, hundreds of birds now up for adoption
Canadian Armed Forces warn Pokemon Go users after 'occurrences' on three bases
Sandy Pearlman, produced Clash, Blue Oyster Cult, dead at 72
Multiple medications are a problem for seniors. Here’s how to reduce the risks
Not only do the elderly tend to have more chronic conditions than younger people, but the aging process can also change the way the body handles medications.
Creator of Broadway hit 'Hamilton' visits Puerto Rico
Mall guard accidentally shoots another guard in buttocks
2 charged for deer parts seized from restaurant
Netflix announces 'Gilmore Girls,' 'One Day At A Time' dates
FILE - In this April 30, 2013 file photo, actress Lauren Graham poses for a portrait in promotion of her new book, "Someday, Someday, Maybe: A Novel," in New York. Netflix says "Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life" will debut globally on Nov. 25, 2015, with the show's original stars, Lauren Graham, who plays Lorelai Gilmore and Bledel, who plays her daughter Rory. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Invision/AP, File)
Cities turn to local action to block oil trains
Old Eskimos friends set to get after Blue Bomber quaterback Matt Nichols
Winnipeg Blue Bombers quarterback Matt Nichols (15) throws against the Calgary Stampeders during the second half of CFL action in Winnipeg on July 21, 2016. Winnipeg's Matt Nichols will get another chance Thursday to establish himself as a starting quarterback in the CFL. And staring across the line of scrimmage at him, hoping to blow it all up, will be good friend JC Sherritt. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
UN accuses Boko Haram of 'almost unimaginable' brutality
Athletes train around the world for Rio 2016 Olympics
Belarussian rhythmic gymnast Melitina Staniouta attends a training session at a sports base as she prepares for the 2016 Rio Olympics in Minsk, May 27, 2016. Picture taken May 27, 2016.
A list of how some Canadian cities rank for greenhouse gas emissions
Man gets 13 years for attacks on people linked to B.C. Justice Institute
The RCMP released video and photos of a suspect setting a fire linked to a series of attacks against people connected with the Justice Institute of B.C. in New Westminster.
Christy Clark aims to tighten border security, halt opioid traffic
British Columbia Premier Christy Clark arrives for a meeting of Premiers in Whitehorse, Yukon, Friday, July, 22, 2016.
Homeland Security employee caught with gun pleads not guilty
Chicago Police union to officers: Don't request overtime
Federal Reserve keeps rates steady; sees fewer risks to economy
Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet Yellen testifies before the Senate Banking Committee at Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 21, 2016.
Wynne's claims contradicted as Ontario GDP lower than some American states
The Latest: Reports: Mom found dead upset when husband left
Fed's more upbeat tone suggests rate hike as early as Sept.
Formula 1 chief's mother-in-law missing in Brazil
German authorities arrest teen suspected of planning rampage
Police secures the entrance to a subway station near a shopping mall where a shooting took place on July 22, 2016, in Munich.
B.C. wants federal crackdown on fentanyl trafficking to fight health emergency
British Columbia Premier Christy Clark, left, embraces Leslie McBain, whose son died of an overdose in 2014, after announcing the creation of a joint task force on overdose response in Vancouver, B.C., on Wednesday July 27, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Pakistan orders probe into mysterious death of UK resident
Canadian weightlifter in line for upgrade to gold after London 2012 retests
On July 18, 2016, WADA investigator Richard McLaren confirmed claims of state-run doping in Russia.
Vancouver's Elizabeth Zvonar among finalists for Aimia/AGO Photography Prize
"Join the Resistance 2015," by Elizabeth Zvonar is shown in this undated handout photo. Vancouver's Elizabeth Zvonar is among the four international artists shortlisted for the Aimia/AGO Photography Prize. Zvonar joins Talia Chetrit of the U.S., Jimmy Robert of France and Ursula Schulz-Dornburg of Germany on the shortlist for the $50,000 prize. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - Art Gallery of Ontario, Elizabeth Zvonar *MANDATORY CREDIT*
Bettman: Research on concussion-CTE link 'remains nascent'
FILE - In this June 22, 2016, file photo, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman speaks during a news conference in Las Vegas. Bettman's reluctance to link hits to the head in hockey with a degenerative brain disease found in several deceased former players has reached Congress. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
After the sprinters, Jamaica seeking track and field depth
Porsche sours the 718 Boxster S by dropping two cylinders
Peter Cheney
3 Russian medallists among 11 positives in 2012 Games retests
Workers secure a fence at Olympic Park as they make preparations for the upcoming Rio Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, July 27, 2016. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Saskatoon Health Region releases plan to cut $34 million in costs
Montreal's Margelidon to miss Olympic judo tournament with broken bone
Canada's Arthur Margelidon acknowledges the crowd while leaving the field of play after winning his men's -73kg bronze medal judo match over Brazil's Alex William Pombo Silva at the Pan Am Games in Mississauga, Ont., on July 12, 2015. Margelidon will miss the Olympic judo tournament in Rio de Janeiro with a broken radial bone.The the 22-year-old from Montreal had been named to the Canadian Olympic judo team to compete in the men's under-73-kilogram division. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Julio Cortez
Opposition leader returns to Congo after 2 years away
Scientists find new antibiotic right under our noses
Guns N' Roses star Slash surprises 'School of Rock' cast
FILE - In this May 16, 2015 file photo, guitarist Slash, formerly of the band Guns N' Roses, performs in concert during the MMRBQ Music Festival 2015 in Camden, N.J. Slash made a surprise appearance Friday, July 22, 2016, while the pre-teen band for the musical "School of Rock"was practicing the Guns N’ Roses song “Sweet Child O’ Mine.” (Photo by Owen Sweeney/Invision/AP, File)
At least 12 immigrants detained in Ontario corrections facilities still on hunger strike
Coast Guard may have found 4 boaters missing off Key West
'Big Boy (EP)' by Charlotte Cardin top album on iTunes in Canada
High house prices spreading to more markets, CMHC warns
A man walks past houses in east Vancouver, B.C., on Sunday September 20, 2015.
Ottawa Senators lock up Mike Hoffman with four-year deal
Ottawa Senators' Mike Hoffman takes part in training camp at the Scotiabank Place in Ottawa on Monday, January 14, 2013.
Eight ways to help your child deal with racial discrimination
Richard Henry Bain was suffering from bipolar disorder post-arrest: psychiatrist
Germany: 15-year-old suspected of planning rampage arrested
Man playing 'Pokemon Go' robbed of cellphone, shot in Ohio
Kananaskis, Alta., upgrades to make room for large recreation vehicles
This Canadian REIT is most-shorted company in North America
For the past few weeks, Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust, one of the country’s largest rental apartment landlords, has been a rare bright spot on the Prairies.
Panel reviewing Ontario's labour laws looks for ways to help vulnerable workers
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