A video purportedly of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford smoking crack has caused an uproar in Canada. Mr Ford yesterday called the allegations “ridiculous”.

A Canadian porn actor suspected in the dismemberment of a Chinese student has arrived in Canada via military transport from Germany, where he was arrested this month.

A porn actor suspected of murdering and dismembering a Chinese student and posting his body parts to Canada’s top political parties was reading about himself on the internet when he was arrested at a Berlin cafe.

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 man killed in a videotaped attack that was discovered after body parts were mailed to Canada's top political parties was a Chinese student, police have said.