Sources: AP via ''Newsday
Abu Sayyaf militants, who threatened to kill three foreigners kidnapped from a "high-end" Philippine resort in September 2015, unless they were paid 900 million pesos (17 mil Euros) by midnight today (15:00 UTC), have beheaded one of the hostages, Canadian John Ridsdel. Philippine President Benigno Aquino III had ordered an all-out effort to rescue the hostages, including a Philippine woman, kidnapped by the Daesh-linked group. 2016-04-25
Gunmen abduct a Norwegian resort manager, two Canadians, and a Filipino from a resort in the southern Philippines. 2015-09-21
An Egyptian court orders the release from prison of Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy in Cairo. 2015-02-13
Two Italian priests and a Canadian nun kidnapped by suspected Boko Haram gunmen have been released. 2014-06-1
Voters in the Canadian province of Alberta go to the polls for a general election with the incumbent Progressive Conservatives being reelected. 2012-04-23
Three members of the Shafia family are convicted of murder in relation to the Shafia family deaths in the Canadian city of Kingston, Ontario. 2012-01-29
Rio Tinto Alcan locks out hundreds of workers from a smelter in the Canadian town of Alma, Quebec. 2012-01-1
200,000 Canadian college and university students vote in favour of boycotting classes in Quebec. Thousands are expected to participate in a protest march against tuition fee increases in Montreal. 2011-11-10
Voters in the Canadian province of Manitoba go to the polls for a general election, with the NDP led by Greg Selinger being elected to a fourth term. 2011-10-4
The Government of Somalia claims to have killed a Canadian member of the al-Shabab terrorist organization. 2011-06-9