Vancouver

Madonna 's rescheduled Celebration Tour will kick off in Brooklyn, New York, in a matter of months.

Workers at Canada's busiest port in Vancouver and at harbors up and down the nation's west coast stopped work on July 1 in a labor dispute that is likely to disrupt global freight transport.

After months of failed talks, more than 7,000 terminal cargo loaders and 49 waterfront employers in 30 ports went on strike.

Madonna is recovering after falling ill with a "serious bacterial infection" that landed her in an intensive care unit for several days, her manager Guy Oseary said in a statement on June 28.

"Her health is improving, however she is still under medical care," he said. "A full recovery is expected."

Vienna has once again been named the best city to live in the world. Last night, the annual ranking of the "Economist Intelligence Unit" was released, according to which the Austrian capital is ranked first for the fourth time in the last five years, the Austrian public radio and television ORF reported.

In "The World as an Open Studio," Greek-Canadian Christos Dikeakos presents a retrospective spanning five decades of work. Born in Thessaloniki and raised in Canada, Dikeakos rose to some prominence in the Vancouver art scene as early as the 1970s and is a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.

A ban on the purchase of residential property by foreigners in Canada came into force on January 1, aiming to provide more housing to local residents facing a housing crisis.

Several exceptions in the law allow individuals such as refugees and non-citizen permanent residents to buy homes.

The property boom is coming to an end, according to a study by Swiss bank UBS, with Frankfurt and Toronto topping the list of imbalanced markets.

The bank's annual study of the world property market looked at prices in 25 major cities across the globe.

A crumpled ball of paper that takes on a life of its own and leads the apparently perplexed magician on a playful dance, it's a simple but poetic and engaging scene.

Belgian magician Laurent Piron's twirling "Paper Ball" is not a spectacular showstopper, but last month it won the former street performer the title "World Magic Champion."

Beijing – Slovenia’s Maruša Ferk Saioni finished 9th in the women’s Alpine combined at the Winter Olympics in Beijing on Thursday, which saw a double victory of Swiss skiers. Michelle Gisin won the gold and Wendy Holdener the silver medal, with Italy’s Federica Brignone grabbing bronze.

Canada is sending the military to help evacuate and support communities hit by "catastrophic" flooding with the death toll expected to rise after record rainfall on the Pacific coast triggered a state of emergency on Nov. 17.