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
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 have been kidnapped by gunmen in Cameroon. 2014-04-5
Canadian singer Justin Bieber surrenders to Toronto Police to face assault charges. 2014-01-29
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
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
An out-of-control forest fire near the Canadian town of Fort McMurray in Alberta causes the closure of Highway 63. 2011-09-25
Canadian business man Conrad Black is sentenced to another 13 months in jail in the United States for fraud. 2011-06-24
The Government of Somalia claims to have killed a Canadian member of the al-Shabab terrorist organization. 2011-06-9
United States nurse William Francis Melchert-Dinkel is convicted of aiding the suicides of an English man and Canadian woman. 2011-03-15