Canada's crushing ice hockey victory over the Russians has given the host country something to smile about, after a frustrating first week.

The Australian mother of two little boys found dead in the bathtub of their home in Canada has been charged with their murder.

Andrew Koenig, the actor who played Boner on the 80s sitcom Growing Pains, has been reported missing by his family.

An Auckland teenager spent 18 hours clinging to a liferaft off the coast of Brazil after her ship capsized.

The best of the Vancouver games

A New Zealander was one of 64 people rescued from a Canadian sailing ship, filled with high school and university students, that sunk off the coast of Brazil.

Settle into the sofa and enjoy some of the best the Games have to offer. David Leggat reports

The commander of Canada's largest Air Force base has been charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of two women.

Vancouver has far more going for it than just winter sports, writes Jeremy Hainsworth.

Marina Endicott witnessed a two-car collision that provided the starting point for Good to a Fault, winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize in the Canada and Caribbean region.

The Boss may be going but its replacement is a corker.

A Canadian government minister has resigned from his position because he couldn't face having to make a trip to New Zealand.

NZ athletes are making last-minute pushes to gain Winter Olympic selection for Vancouver next month.