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Canada: Chill out in city embracing the Olympic dream
Vancouver has far more going for it than just winter sports, writes Jeremy Hainsworth.
The good, the bad and the brilliant
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.
Go to NZ? No way - I quit, says minister
A Canadian government minister has resigned from his position because he couldn't face having to make a trip to New Zealand.
Last-minute push for Winter Olympics
NZ athletes are making last-minute pushes to gain Winter Olympic selection for Vancouver next month.
Abandoned pet terrapins causing havoc in the UK
Around Britain, the placid calm of urban ponds and watercourses is being disturbed by a rapacious new menace – legions of abandoned pet terrapins.
Kiwis satisfied with life in New Zealand
The vast majority of New Zealanders are happy with their lives, according to a new survey.
Keanu Reeves is not the baby daddy
Actor Keanu Reeves has proved he is not the father of a Canadian woman’s children after taking DNA tests.
NZ ranked 20th in UN quality of life survey
New Zealand has been named the 20th best country for quality of life by a UN report on migration and development.