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Lil Wayne attacked with pepper spray

19.08.11
Lil Wayne and his crew were targeted by a man who put the substance into the air ducts of Montreal club La Mouche... more

Rafael Nadal is muscled out for a rare swift exit

11.08.11
Spaniard loses his opening match at a tournament for the first time in three years... more

Matthew Mitcham misses world finals to protect his Olympic crown

05.07.11
Diving champion is focusing on trying to retain his title after pulling out of the World Championships... more

Kate models first of 30 outfits she's taking on nine-day Canada tour

30.06.11
Duchess of Cambridge will have up to three costume changes a day as she and Prince William spend nine days on their first joint tour of Canada ... more

Canada Mafia godfather shot dead at home

12.11.10
Mafia don, 86, shot dead by a gunman hiding in woods as he sat looking out of the solarium of his Montreal home... more

Gold-medal job on the 2012 Olympics site

12.11.10
City Comment: The Games site is one of Europe's biggest construction projects, and it is on time and on budget... more

Winter wonderland in Quebec

21.10.10
Quebec isn’t just a little piece of France on the other side of the pond: when the snow falls, it celebrates in style, says Jeanette Griffiths... more

Injury hits Serena Williams' bid for the US Open

19.07.10
Serena Williams faces a fight to be fit for the US Open, which starts on 30 August, after cutting her foot on broken glass in a restaurant... more

Arcade Fire transcend new material to inflame crowd

08.07.10
The real delirium for Arcade Fire's secret gig was reserved for the final encore, Wake Up, with every arm in the building aloft for its vast chorus.... more

Seth Lakeman is the fiddler on the hoof

02.07.10
A host of new stars are making folk trendy but the original poster boy is Seth Lakeman — and he’s bringing his violin to London this summer.... more

Robert Kubica hails the return of Montreal Grand Prix

09.06.10
The Pole, who won the 2008 race, is delighted Formula One is back in Canada on Sunday after a year’s absence... more

Romanian stowaway clings to landing gear on 97 minute Heathrow flight

09.06.10
Stowaway clung to the undercarriage of a jet during a flight at 25,000 feet before tumbling onto the tarmac when the plane landed at Heathrow... more

Taking a ride on Boris's hot wheels hire bikes

21.05.10
With nine weeks to go before Boris’s hire bikes arrive in the capital, Ross Lydall visits the production line in Canada to take one for a spin... more

Canadian family killed by landslide as they watch ice hockey

12.05.10
Video: A family of four watching ice hockey on television in Canada are killed when their house is swallowed by a “sinkhole... more

Boris Johnson's green bikes to come from Canada

05.05.10
Boris Johnson's Paris-style bicycle hire scheme came under fire after it emerged that the 6,000 bikes would be built in Canada... more

Andy Murray in the swing of things in Montreal

14.08.09
Andy Murray has the feelgood factor going into the quarter-final of the Montreal Masters against world No8 Nikolay Davydenko... more

Andy Murray is cool after rankings race hots up

11.08.09
Andy Murray says the prospect he could rise to No2 in the world rankings at the Montreal Masters this week will not be playing on his mind when he opens his campaign... more

Natasha Richardson fights for life after freak ski fall

17.03.09
Actress Natasha Richardson is critically ill after falling and banging her head during a skiing lesson in Canada... more

Snowball duel at 10 paces, Pushkin-style

03.02.09
"The destruction," said The Today programme as I sloped into the kitchen yesterday morning, "is widespread."... more

Dazzling acrobatics in Cirque Du Soleil

07.01.09
You can set your calendar by the annual visit of the Canadian circus phenomenon that is Cirque Du Soleil.... more

Canada give up in Bernie cash dispute

17.11.08
Canadian government officials have conceded defeat in their efforts to have the country’s grand prix reinstated... more

New Monopoly board puts a poor value on London

20.08.08
London was humiliated on the first international Monopoly board as cities including Montreal, Belgrade and Riga claimed the most sought-after spots... more

New ball game in women's tennis

30.07.08
A shake-up of women's tennis will see overall prize-money rise by £10million... more

Paris Hilton launches shoe line.... and models them with her own terrifying size 11s

07.04.08
Paris Hilton hasn't let her less than perfect feet put her off launching her own shoe range. The socialite arrived in Montreal on the weekend to meet her fans and launch her newly designed range of shoes. Some might say it's a bit rich coming from the heiress who possesses a pair of extremely large size 11 feet (UK size 9) complete with an angry-looking bunion ... more

Sixties crooner Leonard Cohen makes comeback concert tour

12.03.08
His morose tones attracted a cult following in the 1960s. Now at the pensionable age of 73, Leonard Cohen is set to make a comeback more than 40 years after he first took to the stage ... more

Off the record

31.08.07
David Smyth talks to Paul Weller's son, Natt, about London's club scene and casts his eye over what's new on the net.... more

CDs of the week

02.03.07
This week sees the release of new albums by Montreal's ludicrously hip Arcade Fire plus Willy Mason and the return of The Stooges.... more

CDs of the week

09.02.07
This week's CD round-up includes the Miles Davis quintet, Lucinda Williams' bleakest album to date and the latest offering from veteran band The Fall.... more

Fire at centre of universe

30.01.07
Arcade Fire sold out this week's five comeback shows in less than two minutes. The Montreal band's Smith Square gig left David Smyth feeling he was at the centre of the universe.... more

Modern life still rubbish says Damon

22.01.07
The Good, The Bad And The Queen is band No 3 for Damon Albarn ... and he's still not happy. We review the week's new CDs.... more


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