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In footage published by Canadian broadcasters Mr Xi can be heard telling Justin Trudeau that 'everything we discussed was leaked'

China says Xi was not criticising Trudeau in meeting

China's foreign ministry said Chinese President Xi Jinping was not criticising Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, a day after Mr Xi was seen confronting his counterpart at the G20 summit over alleged leaks from a meeting they held.

World • 17 Nov 22

Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu said the rejection by the tribunal 'is disappointing to many First Nations people'

Canadian tribunal rejects indigenous compensation deal

A human rights tribunal has rejected a historic Can$40bn (€30.11bn) agreement to reform Canada's discriminatory child welfare system and compensate indigenous families who suffered because of it.

World • 26 Oct 22

A damaged house is seen perched on the shore in Port aux Basques, Newfoundland, Canada

Canada begins cleanup after storm sweeps homes away

It will take several months for Canada to restore critical infrastructure after the powerful Storm Fiona left an "unprecedented" trail of destruction, officials said today.

World • 25 Sep 22

Damien Sanderson (L) was found dead on Monday; while Myles Sanderson (R) died following his arrest

Canada manhunt ends as second suspect dies after arrest

A days-long search for the second man suspected of carrying out a deadly stabbing spree in a remote western Canadian indigenous community ended, with the 32-year-old dying after being taken into custody, police said.

Canada • 08 Sep 22

Myles Sanderson, a 30-year-old convicted criminal, remains on the loose, armed, dangerous and possibly injured, police said

Canadian police hunt 'armed, dangerous' suspect

An extensive manhunt in Canada has been extended into a third day, as hundreds of officers chase down the surviving suspect in a mass killing. Myles Sanderson, a 30-year-old convicted criminal, is armed, dangerous and possibly injured, police said.

World • 06 Sep 22

Clearco to close Irish operations, 50 jobs to go

A Canadian investment firm which announced plans to create 125 jobs in Ireland just six months ago is closing its Irish operations, with the loss of 50 jobs.

Business • 31 Aug 22

Ceola McGowan is the World Axe Throwing Champion

Irish woman wins world axe throwing title in Canada

Sligo native Ceola McGowan has become the women's World Axe Throwing Champion in Canada overnight

Ireland • 29 Aug 22

Pope Francis with Cardinal Marc Ouellet (file pic)

Pope rules out investigation into Canadian cardinal

Pope Francis has said there is not sufficient evidence to open a Church investigation into Canadian cardinal Marc Ouellet over allegations of sexual assault, the Vatican said in a statement.

World • 18 Aug 22

Marc Ouellet is a prefect of the Congregation for Bishops, one of the most important functions within the Curia, the government of the Vatican

Prominent Canadian cardinal accused of sexual assault

Canadian cardinal Marc Ouellet has been accused of sexual assault in a class action suit that targets more than 80 members of the clergy in the Quebec diocese, court documents showed.

World • 16 Aug 22

Pope Francis apologised for the "evil" inflicted on indigenous communities at Canada's residential schools

Pope says treatment of Canada indigenous was genocide

Pope Francis has said the treatment of indigenous people in Canada amounted to a genocide, after a six-day trip where he apologised to survivors of abuse at Catholic-run schools.

World • 30 Jul 22

Indigenous people hold a protest banner as Pope Francis celebrates Mass in Quebec, Canada

Protest over land grab doctrine interrupts papal mass

Indigenous activists unfurled a banner demanding Pope Francis rescind 15th-century papal edicts justifying colonialism at a mass he presided over, thrusting the doctrine to the forefront of his visit to Canada.

World • 29 Jul 22

Pope Francis reads during his open-air mass at Commonwealth Stadium today in Edmonton, Canada

Pope leads open-air mass for thousands in Canada

Pope Francis has delivered an open-air mass before tens of thousands of people thronging a stadium in western Canada, a day after making a landmark apology for the abuse of Indigenous children at Catholic-run schools.

World • 26 Jul 22

Police at the scene of the shootings in Langley near Vancouver, Canada

Three dead, including gunman, in Canada shooting

Three people, including the suspected gunman, have been killed in a series of shootings in the Canadian province of British Columbia, police have said.

World • 25 Jul 22

Pope Francis wears a headdress presented to him today by indigenous leaders in Maskwacis, Alberta, Canada

Pope 'begs forgiveness' for Canadian indigenous abuse

Pope Francis has made a historic personal apology today to indigenous survivors of child abuse committed over decades at Catholic-run institutions in Canada.

World • 25 Jul 22

Pope Francis will meet indigenous peoples who suffered attempts to erase their culture (File image)

Pope Francis to meet indigenous peoples on Canada visit

Pope Francis arrived in Canada on Sunday for a six-day visit during which he is expected to personally apologise to Indigenous survivors of abuse committed at residential schools run by the Catholic Church.

World • 24 Jul 22

Irish naval authorities bringing debris ashore from the Air India Boeing 747 in Cork in 1985

Man acquitted in Air India bombing killed in Canada

An acquitted suspect in the 1985 Air India bombings that killed 331 people was shot dead yesterday in an apparent targeted shooting in westernmost Canada.

World • 15 Jul 22

Analysts polled by Reuters had expected the annual rate to rise to 7.4% in May from 6.8% in April.

Canada inflation rate hits 7.7%, highest in 39 years

Canada's annual inflation rate accelerated to 7.7% in May, the highest since January 1983, on fuel prices, as well as services like hotels and restaurants, Statistics Canada said.

Business • 22 Jun 22

Miniature shampoos and body wash will be removed from the hotels by 2030 (stock pic)

Holiday Inn hotels to axe plastic bathroom miniatures

The owner of Holiday Inn has partnered with Unilever to remove miniature shampoos and body wash from its hotels by 2030 in a bid to eliminate single-use plastics from its venues.

World • 20 Jun 22

A memorial for children who died in residential schools on Parliament Hill in Ottawa
last year

Canadian priest arrested for Indigenous school assaults

Police in Canada have announced the arrest of a Catholic priest for allegedly sexually assaulting an Indigenous student five decades ago, marking the first recent charges in relation to the country's historical residential schools scandal.

World • 17 Jun 22

US First lady Jill Biden made an unannounced visit to Olena Zelenska, wife of Ukrainian President, on 8 May, Mother's Day in the US

Wartime visitors stop by Ukraine in show of solidarity

French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi have become the latest Western leaders to show their support for Ukraine by visiting the country.

World • 16 Jun 22

A total of 11 people died after the incident in 2018

Toronto van attacker sentenced to life in prison

A man who drove a rented van into dozens of people on a busy Toronto street in 2018, killing 11, has been sentenced to life in prison.

World • 14 Jun 22

Justin Trudeau said the government was righting a 'wrong from the past'

Canada awards Siksika tribe $1.3bn for taken land

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has signed a Can$1.3 billion (€962m) deal - one of the largest of its kind - to settle a Blackfoot tribe's century-old land claim.

World • 03 Jun 22

Clients wait outside Insite, a supervised consumption site in Vancouver where clients inject illicit drugs under the supervision of nurses

Canadian province trials decriminalising hard drugs

Canada has announced the decriminalisation of hard drugs in small quantities in a British Columbia pilot project aiming to tame an opioid crisis that has killed thousands - by treating addictions rather than jailing users for possession.

World • 01 Jun 22

An exemption to the law allowing possession of opioids, cocaine, methamphetamine and other hard drugs will kick in on 31 January, 2023

Canada province trials decriminalising hard drugs

Canada has announced the decriminalisation of hard drugs in a British Columbia pilot project aiming to tame an opioid crisis that has killed thousands – by treating addictions rather than jailing drug users for possession.

World • 31 May 22

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also said gun violence continues to rise in the country

Canada's Prime Minister proposes handgun 'freeze'

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced a proposed freeze on handgun ownership in the country that would effectively ban their importation and sale, following recent mass shootings in the United States.

World • 31 May 22