An Irish driving licence exchange programme has been agreed with British Columbia in Canada.

The huge North American ‘elk’ is also known as the ‘wapiti’ (‘white rump’ in the Cree language).

An online fundraising campaign to help the family of a Mayo man missing in Canada has raised more than €100,000 in 36 hours.

Canadian Police have confirmed that search efforts have been suspended for a young Mayo man missing, presumed drowned.

Here's your morning news bulletin.

One morning three weeks ago, in the Okanagan Valley in the Canadian Rockies, my wife and I woke in our son’s makeshift but comfortable camper van and looked out to see, between us and distant snow-capped mountains, a vast lake glittering and winking in the sun.

"Heartbroken" Children's Minister Katherine Zappone has paid tribute to her wife Ann Louise Gilligan who has died following an illness, writes Daniel McConnell, Political Editor.

After a long flight west to east, it takes 36 or 48 hours for the body clock and brain to catch up, writes Damien Enright. 

The British Columbian wilderness is a paradise, writes Damien Enright.

The ‘awesome’ word is unavoidable on Canada’s west coast. Almost every sight one sees is awe-inspiring, writes Damien Enright. 

It's very peaceful.

Stressed? This will help.

It’s more famous for its magnificent scenery, but Gougane Barra can now lay claim to being the best place in the country to answer nature’s call, after it was voted home to one of the world’s top 100 toilets.

The man was behaving erractically on a Vancouver bus when she reached out.

The Revenant is coming, and we now know how long the new opus from Alejandro G. Iñárritu will be.

A story of three bears, without Goldilocks, is in the news in Canada. It began last month when a female black bear began breaking into a mobile home in Port Hardy, Vancouver Island, to steal meat and fish from a freezer.

Trawler owners, skippers, and workers have been urged to create, as a priority, a greater safety culture within the fishing industry.

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.

Animal cruelty officials in Canada have launched an investigation after a video emerged online the week of a man jumping on and riding a wild moose.

An east Cork woman who successfully led a 77-day expedition to rescue 100 gold- miners trapped in freezing conditions in British Columbia in the 1800s is being honoured in her home town, writes Christy Parker.

Meet Canadian weather lady Kristi Gordon.

Canada’s highest court has unanimously struck down a ban on doctor-assisted suicide for mentally competent but suffering and “irremediable” patients.

A Canadian woman detained in China along with her husband on suspicion of stealing state secrets has been released on bail.

DVDs of Sony’s controversial film The Interview will be dropped into North Korea by balloon, a South Korean activist says.

Considering he had blown enough fuses in his time to put the lights out all over Limerick, Jamie Cudmore was always liable to leave Munster in a dark place.

A 24-year-old man was convicted of killing three women and a teenage girl in northern British Columbia, making him one of Canada’s youngest serial killers.

THE best way for us to sort the issue of abortion in Ireland is to take politicians out of the decision making process.

A State-run debt collection agency would reap huge sums for the Exchequer, says Juno McEnroe

Minimum alcohol pricing would reduce drink-fuelled crime in Ireland and save a life every day, an addiction expert has claimed.

Canada’s highest court has thrown out the country’s anti-prostitution laws in a victory for sex workers who said a ban on brothels and other measures made their profession more dangerous.

The Department of Social Protection has sent more than 6,500 letters since the start of the year to jobseekers here telling them about job opportunities across Europe and in Canada.

A Canadian recruitment company managed to fill almost 450 of its 700 construction vacancies through two jobs expos held here over the last week.

What do you call a group of over 1,000 dolphins? A superpod #notajoke.

THE British are peculiar. Their desire to conquer the world has been matched only by their obsession with bringing bits of it home with them.

The positive effects on society of minimum pricing for alcohol will “swamp” any negative impact on the industry or on tax revenues, a report commissioned by the Government has found.

Construction worker unions in Canada have criticised a recruitment drive for hundreds of workers here to take on roles which, the unions say, should be filled by homegrown talent.