Ice skater Daniel Harries, will call Canada home for the next three months as the rejuvenated talent starts a long-range assault on the 2006 Winter Olympics.

The former Runcorn resident jetted out of Brisbane earlier this month for the Four Continents Cup in Hamilton.

Harries returned from a 12-month layoff to compete at the Australian Figure Skating titles in Brisbane last year, where he came away with a silver medal and scholarship to train at the Olympic Winter Institute in Germany.

Widely recognised as the hottest natural talent in Australian male skating ranks, Harries was one of only three Australian men selected to compete for world rankings at the Four Continents Cup.

Australia is taking on the host nation, America, South Africa and Asia.

Renowned Canadian skating mentor Jan Ullmarch, the man who coached the 2002 Winter Olympics gold-medal pairs winners, will be responsible for Harries' push for selection.