Canadians voted for a sharp change of government, returning a legendary name for liberals, Trudeau, to the prime minister’s office and resoundingly ending Conservative Stephen Harper’s near-decade long term in office.

Ken Taylor, Canada’s ambassador to Iran who sheltered Americans at his residence during the 1979 Iran hostage crisis, has died at the age of 81.

Canada will issue thousands of more visas to Syrian refugees before the end of this year by accelerating the processing of applications.

The Canadian economy shrank again in the second quarter, putting the country in recession for the first time since the financial crisis, with a plunge in oil prices spurring companies to chop business investment.

Despite warnings about an impending attack, the Canadian government failed to take the necessary steps to prevent the Air India bombing off the coast of Ireland in 1985, writes Eddie Cassidy.

30 years ago next Tuesday,an Air India jumbo jet en route from Canada exploded over the West Cork coast, killing all 329 on board. Eddie Cassidy on the tragedy three nations can never forget

Two Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers were seriously injured when they were shot at a casino yesterday.

Two Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers were seriously wounded when they were shot at a casino today.

Two Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers were seriously injured when they were shot at a casino today.

A guard hailed a hero after the shooting dead of a gunman who stormed the Canadian parliament last year has been unveiled as the country’s new ambassador to Ireland.

Bill Cosby has “every intent” to perform at three shows in Canada next week amid a series of sex abuse claims against the veteran entertainer, promoters have said.

The US military’s European Command said yesterday it has ordered its troops to avoid wearing their uniforms when off base, and to ensure the security settings and geolocation functions on their social media pages aren’t "overly revealing".

"Go home" daubed the vandals in red paint on the walls of Cold Lake mosque. "You are home" wrote the residents who came together to clean it up.

The gunman who shot dead a soldier in the Canadian capital was not under surveillance or on a list of around 90 individuals deemed to be a “high risk”, police have admitted.

The mother of the man accused of killing a soldier at Ottawa’s war memorial then storming parliament before being shot dead says she is crying for the victims of the shooting, not her son.

The mother of the man accused of killing a soldier at Ottawa’s National War Memorial then storming the Canadian parliament before being shot dead says she is crying for the victims of the shooting, not her son.

A masked gunman who killed a soldier at Canada’s war memorial and stormed parliament before being shot dead by the ceremonial sergeant-at-arms was an Islamic convert, it has emerged.

A Canadian soldier standing guard at a war memorial in the country’s capital was shot dead yesterday, and gunfire then erupted inside Parliament, authorities said.

Barack Obama has conceded it "may be appropriate" to choose an Ebola "tsar" to lead the US response against the disease.

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford’s doctor says the politician has cancer.

Canadian explorers say they have found one of two British explorer ships that vanished in the Arctic nearly 170 years ago.

SuperValu’s removal of Israeli carrots has provoked a row over anti-Semitism.

Canada says it is planning to issue further economic sanctions over sectors of the Russian economy due to Russia’s continuing military actions against Ukraine.

The leaders of Russia and Ukraine have held their first talks since Moscow annexed Crimea, discussing ways to end their four-month conflict in a brief encounter during commemorations in France of the World War Two D-Day landings.

President Vladimir Putin delivered a robust defence of Russia’s actions in Crimea and said he would use force in Ukraine only as a last resort, easing market fears yesterday that East-West tension over the former Soviet republic could lead to war.

German chancellor Angela Merkel will discuss the future of the EU with prime minister David Cameron on a visit to London this month, as Britain seeks support for a sweeping overhaul of EU treaties.

Canada signalled intentions to claim the North Pole and surrounding Arctic waters while announcing the filing of a UN application seeking to vastly expand its Atlantic sea boundary.

Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper is seeking to break a deadlock in trade talks with the EU by stepping up his part in negotiations, people familiar with the strategy said.

David Cameron and Barack Obama have pledged a “serious response” if Bashar Assad’s Syrian regime is proved to have deployed chemical weapons.

Two Canada teenagers have appeared in youth court on child pornography charges related to a deadly cyberbullying case.

Canadian police have said they hope the laying of child pornography charges against two teenagers in the Rehtaeh Parsons case will begin to ease the pain stemming from the 17-year-old girl’s death.

World leaders joined in the welcome of the new royal baby as his arrival continued to spark a global tidal wave of interest.

Firefighters have been unable to continue searching for more victims of the Canadian oil train disaster because the wreckage of the town where it caught fire and exploded is still too dangerous.

A large swath of a town in eastern Quebec was destroyed after a train carrying crude oil derailed, sparking several explosions and forcing the evacuation of up to 1,000 people.

If Barack Obama was in search of craic, Enniskillen was probably the wrong place to find it.

US President Barack Obama sparred with Russia’s Vladimir Putin over how to end the war in Syria during an icy encounter at a G8 summit where divisions over the conflict eclipsed the rest of the agenda.

Justin Bieber says being snubbed at the Grammy Awards is a "big bummer".

Canada’s government has approved China’s biggest overseas energy acquisition, a €11.7bn takeover by state-owned CNOOC of oil and gas producer Nexen.

A Canadian man who returned home after spending 10 years at the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay is desperate to be a normal, contributing member of society, his lawyer says.

German chancellor Angela Merkel told Canadians her country was committed to doing everything it could to maintain the euro and renewed her call for fiscal discipline.

A porn actor accused of videotaping a gruesome murder before posting it to the internet will be charged with threatening Canada’s prime minister after mailing a severed foot to his Conservative party headquarters, police said.

A porn actor is being hunted over the gruesome case of a dismembered body whose parts were mailed to different places including the headquarters of the Conservative Party of Canada.

A severed human foot has been mailed to the headquarters of Canada’s ruling Conservative party, police said.

Barack Obama has sparked a huge row by rejecting plans for a massive oil pipeline through the heart of the United States, saying there was not enough time for a fair review before a looming deadline forced on him by Republicans.

CANADA has become the first country to announce it would withdraw from the Kyoto protocol on climate change, dealing a symbolic blow to the already troubled global treaty.

Canada’s environment minister has said his country is pulling out of the Kyoto Protocol on climate change.

Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper has won his coveted majority government in elections which changed Canada’s political landscape with the opposition Liberals and Quebec separatists suffering a shattering defeat.

CANADIANS went to the polls — a day after prime minister Stephen Harper made a final appeal for a “strong, stable, Conservative majority government” and warned he could be toppled by a leftist coalition if he does not get it.

CANADIAN opposition parties yesterday toppled Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government in a no-confidence vote, triggering the country’s fourth election in seven years.

The Canadian government has been toppled by opposition parties.