The Canadian judge who found himself in hot water for asking an alleged rape victim why she couldn't keep her knees together said he now regrets those comments.

A judge is facing the possibility of removal from the bench after he faulted a woman who said she was raped for not doing enough to defend herself.

Melina Roberge spent almost two months on a cruise ship, including a stopover in Auckland, before she and two others were caught with 95kg of cocaine.

Two best friends who were born just three days apart break down in tears after being told they were switched at birth 41 years ago.

COMMENT: An idea for Govt: Slap a foreign property buyers' tax on all transactions made in Auckland.

Three people are dead after a horrifying attack in Toronto, Canada, which reportedly involved a crossbow. The victims were found in the street.

Tess Nichol checks into grand digs at one of Canada's most famous ski resorts.

She spent 10 years in custody, but residents in a quiet Canadian neighbourhood cannot forget how 12-year-old and her 'werewolf' boyfriend massacred her family.

Vancouver's technology industry is in danger of becoming collateral damage in British Columbia's push to rein in spiraling home prices.

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).

With everything from whale-watching to markets on offer, it's easy to see why Vancouver has been named one of the world's most liveable cities.

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