The Canadian Mounted Police last night issued an appeal for Irish holidaymakers who witnessed the aftermath of a road crash in which three people died to contact them.

Peer pressure on teenagers to look like models, actresses, even porn stars is everywhere. Áilín Quinlan talks to eating disorder experts about what parents can do to offset this pervasive influence.

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.

Two Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers are in hospital after being shot.

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.

The gunman who murdered a soldier at Canada’s national war memorial in Ottawa and stormed parliament before he was shot dead made a video recording of himself before the attack, police have said.

About 100 police, firefighters, and other emergency workers held a disaster-response drill in downtown Toronto’s deserted financial district following a week that saw two soldiers killed on Canadian soil.

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.

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.

A gunman shot and wounded a Canadian soldier standing guard at a war memorial in Ottawa, then entered parliament, where numerous shots rang out, police and witnesses said.

Thousands were duped by a pyramid scheme, writes Stephen Rogers

Police in Canada have claimed the masterminds of the Banners Broker advertising website, which netted 12,000 investors here, were operating a pyramid scheme which "evolved into a straight Ponzi scheme".

The moment a pickup truck was struck by a powerful lightning blast was captured on CCTV - showing the car engulfed in a fireball.

Canadian police arrested a man suspected of having shot dead three police officers and wounding two more, ending a massive manhunt.

Justin Bourque, the man suspected of killing three Canadian Mounties and wounding two others has been arrested.

Police in Canada are focusing on two streets in a massive manhunt for a gunman who shot dead three officers and wounded two others.

A manhunt is under way in the area around Moncton, New Brunswick, after a shooting in the area.

Canada’s border services agency says it has stumbled upon a different kind of Halloween surprise in some pumpkins this year.

Four members of the Hells Angels have been arrested in north-west Spain for allegedly smuggling 500 kilograms (1,100 pounds) of cocaine into the county with the aim of distributing it.

A balloonist who was trying to cross the Atlantic using hundreds of helium-filled balloons, in a style similar to Pixar film 'Up', has landed short of his goal in Newfoundland.

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.

Police in Canada have made two arrests in the case of a 17-year-old who died after a photo of her allegedly being sexually assaulted was shared online.

Two people have been arrested in the case of a 17-year-old girl in Canada who died after a photo of her allegedly being sexually assaulted was shared online.

The mother of two small boys strangled by a 100lb python in their sleep in Canada had posted photos on Facebook last year of them playing in and cleaning her neighbour’s snake enclosure.

Two young boys have been killed by a python which escaped from its enclosure in a pet shop in Canada and slithered through a ventilation system into the apartment upstairs, police said today.

Two men were have been arrested and charged with plotting a terrorist attack against a Canadian passenger train with support from al Qaida, police said tonight.

Despite being a loose grouping, Anonymous is concerned about its actions, says Winston Ross

A man in his 70s was severely dehydrated after being pinned for several days under debris in his home that had piled up almost to the ceiling.

A 14-year-old boy in Saskatchewan has been rescued from years of abuse amid a police investigation that targeted 21 alleged online child predators.

Police officers from around the world attended a church service in Belfast today marking the 90th anniversary of the formation of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC).

A man got the shock of his life today when he leapt out of bed to his son’s cries of “Polar bear!”

A chartered Boeing 737 plane has crashed in Canada’s Arctic region today, killing 12 people.

DESPITE decades spent playing sober commanders and serious captains, Leslie Nielsen insisted that he was always made for comedy. He proved it in his career’s second act.

Justin Bieber is being investigated for an alleged assault.

The Canadian military arrived in eastern Newfoundland to help rebuild two bridges and deliver water if needed in the aftermath of Hurricane Igor.

A passenger jet at the centre of an alleged terrorism bomb hoax resumed its flight to Pakistan tonight after a brief stop in the UK.

Swedish police evacuated 273 people from a Pakistan International Airlines jet diverted to Stockholm due to a bomb alert today and briefly detained a passenger on suspicion of preparing aircraft sabotage.

Swedish police evacuated 273 people from a Pakistan International Airlines jet which had been diverted to Stockholm due to a bomb alert today and detained a passenger on suspicion of preparing aircraft sabotage, officials said.

CANADIAN fighter jets escorted a Cathay Pacific airliner coming from Hong Kong to a safe landing in Vancouver International Airport on Saturday following a bomb threat, officials said.

Canadian fighter jets escorted a Cathay Pacific plane from Hong Kong to a safe landing in Vancouver International Airport following a bomb threat.

The ringleader of a plot to set off truck bombs in front of a stock exchange and two government buildings was given an unprecedented sentence – becoming the first Canadian to receive a life term for terrorism.