Three Canadians were directly involved in the kidnapping of two American journalists by Islamist militants in Syria, Canada's public broadcaster reported Wednesday.

Citing unnamed sources, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation said the trio -- whose identities are unknown -- forced captives Theo Curtis and Matt Schrier to reveal their computer passwords, then drained their bank accounts and racked up credit card bills.

The North American Aerospace Defense Command scrambled two CF-18 fighter jets out of Quebec Wednesday to escort Sunwing Flight 656 back to Toronto after a "passenger disturbance," a spokeswoman said. 

A prowler who left a disturbing note at the home of a Canadian opposition leader -- prompting a national scare -- was drunk when he entered the wrong house, police said Tuesday.

The August 15 break-in at the Ottawa home of Justin Trudeau had been reported as a possible threat against the eldest son of late prime minister Pierre Trudeau, to curb his political ambitions.

Leonardo DiCaprio has nominated Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to do the ice bucket challenge.

DiCaprio was in Canada's northern Alberta last week visiting the oilsands to do research for an environmental documentary.

A Canadian imam known for his pacifist sermons warned Friday that Islamist militant group IS was actively recruiting in Canada and said one member issued him a death threat.

Syed Soharwardy, founder of the Islamic Supreme Council of Canada (ISCC), called on Canadian and Western authorities to intensify the fight against jihadist movements.

A Canadian doctor of Pakistani heritage who once auditioned for a televised talent show on Tuesday became the first person in Canada to be acquitted at trial of terrorism.

Khurram Sher, a 31-year-old pathologist, was arrested in a dramatic police takedown with two other suspects in 2010.

Canada is sending up to 1,000 doses of an experimental Ebola vaccine to West Africa to help the WHO fight an epidemic, the health minister announced Wednesday.

Minister Rona Ambrose said between 800 to 1,000 doses would be distributed through the World Health Organization where it is needed.

An Iraqi-born Canadian man accused of helping to plan suicide bombings which left five American soldiers dead lost an appeal against his extradition to the United States on Monday.

Lawyers for Faruq Khalil Muhammad 'Isa, who faces life in prison if eventually convicted, immediately vowed to take the case to the Supreme Court of Canada.

A jailbreak Sunday at a high-security prison near Haiti's capital left dozens of inmates on the loose, police authorities said.

The son of a Canadian couple under investigation for alleged spying in China called Wednesday for Ottawa to help prevent charges being laid against his parents.

Kevin Garratt and Julia Dawn Garratt "are suspected of gathering and stealing intelligence materials about, among other things, China's military objectives and important national defense research projects,” China's foreign ministry said in a faxed statement Wednesday.