http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/23/world/americas/canada-parliament-gunfire.html?_r=0 A gunman nearly got into the parliament building and was almost able to shoot some Canadian politicians. Pretty exciting stuff for the land that time forgot.
It'll all come out in the wash but I suspect the Canucks have paid ransoms to IS for some hostages and are now reaping the whirlwind, like the Frogs did a few years back.