Bayern Munich and Canada soccer star Alphonso Davies, a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, shared words of encouragement with the six members of the Refugee Paralympic Team on Monday ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.

The Toronto Blue Jays say those wishing to enter Rogers Centre will be required to provide proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test starting Sept. 13.

Millions of people in Syria and Iraq are at risk of losing access to water, electricity and food amid rising temperatures, record low water levels due to lack of rainfall and drought, international aid groups warned Monday.

The head of the World Health Organization has called for a two-month moratorium on administering booster shots of COVID-19 vaccines as a way to reduce global vaccine inequality and prevent the emergence of new coronavirus variants.

The Town of Quispamsis, N.B. is looking to amend bylaws surrounding beekeeping policy after residents filed a complaint that bee excrement from neighbouring beehives was becoming a problem on their properties.

Andrew Cuomo defended his record as New York's governor and portrayed himself Monday as the victim of a "media frenzy" over allegations of sexual harassment as he prepared for a midnight power transfer that will make Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul the state's first female governor.

The Fredericton Botanic Garden, located next to Odell Park, will be getting a "food forest" with the planting of 120 trees, bushes and vines expected to produce fruits and nuts by as early as next year.

A firefight at one of the gates of Kabul's international airport killed at least one Afghan soldier early Monday, and U.S. President Joe Biden was considering whether to extend the deadline to airlift evacuees out of the country.

Most analysts say September, not October or April, is the cruellest month for stocks. That could get worse if central bankers take away the punch bowl to end the party.