A World Health organisation spokesman today confirmed that the agency is reconsidering the travel warning it issued last week for Toronto, Canada’s largest city, due to Sars.

Elton John and American singer-songwriter Billy Joel have called off their joint concert in Toronto following the alert over the Sars virus, it emerged today.

Prime Minister Jean Chretien has called a Cabinet meeting in Toronto instead of Ottawa to show the World Health Organisation erred in warning against travel to Canada’s largest city because of Sars.

An aide to Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien has quit following an outcry over reports she privately called US President George Bush a “moron”.

Canada's prime minister Jean Chretien has told his country's media that George W Bush is not "a moron".

CANADIAN Prime Minister Jean Chrétien is under fire after his director of communications, Françoise Ducros, was reportedly overheard on Thursday calling President George W Bush a moron at a NATO meeting in Prague.

Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien has warned the US against "humiliating" poorer countries and said perceived western arrogance had played a part in the September 11 attacks.

Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien has said he will not seek a fourth term and plans to leave office in February 2004.

A son of Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien has been charged with sexually assaulting an 18-year-old girl, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said.

The US government has turned to the Arab world for support in its campaign to oust Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.

A US National Guard pilot who mistook Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan for enemy forces thought he was acting in self-defence when he dropped a 500lbs bomb on them, killing four and wounding eight, US officials said.

Four Canadian soldiers were killed and eight wounded when an American fighter jet mistakenly bombed them during a training exercise in Afghanistan, officials said.

Canadian prime minister Jean Chretien has urged Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams to continue promoting the Northern Ireland peace process.

Leaders of the world’s major industrialised countries, hoping to regain control of a summit marred by a protester’s death in massive demonstrations, searched today for ways to extend help to poor nations.

A man who shoved a plate of whipped cream in the face of Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien has been jailed for 30 days .