Twenty-five years after the first diamonds were found in Canada's Northwest Territories, it's still a game of hurry-up-and-wait.

A Perth child psychiatrist accused of child pornography offences in Australia and Canada is now facing a similar charge arising from a NZ police investigation.

A group of Buddhist monks from Canada have saved the lives of a large number of lobsters, buying them from various vendors and returning them to the ocean.

An indigenous woman whose unprovoked attack on a caucasian woman while shouting "I hate white people" was deemed not be racially motivated says a Canadian judge

A Canadian judge's gobsmacking treatment of a teenage alleged rape victim has caused global outrage.

Get up close and personal with polar bears on an icy safari through northern Manitoba in Canada.

Daughter's death after reportedly kissing her boyfriend, who had just eaten a peanut butter sandwich.

Visit the heartland of French Canada.

Most Alaskans and Canadians have a bear story - tales of fearsome grizzlies, even polar bears. But a mix of the two?

There are the Kiwis fresh off the plane. There are the ones who have somehow wrangled the immigration system to stay just one more year.

Thomas is among the more than 80,000 people who were forced to flee their homes as wildfires tore through her northern Alberta community.

A former Oamaru man stood and watched as tens of thousands of Fort McMurray residents fled an out-of-control wildfire burning the city in northern Alberta, Canada.

Montreal puts the sizzle on its status as a cycling and cultural beehive with a bike festival from May 29 to June 5.

WATCH: A new attraction in Canada's Rockies sends daredevils on a thrilling rollercoaster ride down the side of a mountain.

There's an old photo that follows Canada's new defence minister, Harjit Sajjan, wherever he goes, including to his visit to NZ and Australia this week.

Eat and drink your way around Vancouver, writes Alison Godfrey, and don't forget to check out the ice hockey.

The real question is not why Canada has sold its gold; it's why other countries remain so wedded to maintaining - even accumulating -- stocks of it.

Here's what the international media think of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).

A Scottish climber has been seriously injured in a "terrifying" attack by a grizzly bear in Canada.

A man charged with a violent sex attack on a prostitute in Canada has appeared in the Palmerston North District Court.

One woman's sheep have a knack for blending in.

Brian Fallow cannot take his eyes from spectacular mountains and canyons as they glide past his train window, from Seattle to Banff.

Owners and staff of a Canadian gym where a young New Zealander broke his neck on a trampoline are thrilled an appeal has already exceeded a target of $20,000.

Vancouver is a gem, especially if you're pushed for time, writes Jim Morton.

A guided gourmet walk is a great introduction to Vancouver, discovers Leah McLennan.

He's reluctant to admit it but Bruce Morris finds British Columbia almost as lovely as his homeland.

The grass-fed meat has fewer calories, less cholesterol or fat than beef, and consumers can't seem to get enough.

Canada's famous resort town draws in winter skiers but it's worth a look in summer, writes Winston Aldworth.

Created in 2001, Fonterra was heralded as an "icon of economic transformation", a "breakthrough idea", "helping NZ catch the knowledge wave".

Canadians, not Chinese, take top spot as the biggest investors in New Zealand over the past two years, according to analysis released by KPMG today.