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From theearly 1990son, WieboLudwig accusedthe oil and gasindustry ofpoisoning hisfamily and farmthrough their attempts to extract toxicsour gas from the Peace River region ofAlberta. He was convicted of eco-terrorismfor sabotaging oil and gas wells.

He died in April 2012.

The Front de Liberation du Quebec:A Quebec separatist group active from

1963-70. Responsible for more than 160violent incidents, including the MontrealStock Exchange bombing in 1969.

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Omar Khadr pleaded guilty andwas convicted of killing anAmerican medic with a handgrenade in Afghanistan in 2002,when he was 15. He spent 10years in Guantanamo Baybefore being repatriated toCanada.

On June 2, 2006, 18 peoplefound to be al-Qaida membersof an Islamic terrorist cell (theToronto 18) were arrested incounter-terrorism raids in andaround Toronto.

They were accused of planningto detonate truck bombs, toopen fire in a crowded area andto storm the CBC, the Parlia-ment building, the CanadianSecurity Intelligence Service(CSIS) headquarters and theparliamentary Peace Tower totake hostages and to beheadthe prime minister and otherleaders. Charges weredropped against seven.Eleven were convicted.

XristosKatsiroubas, 22,and Ali Medlej,24 both fromLondon, Ont. were involved in

an terroristattack on anAlgerian gas plantin January. Threedozen armedIslamists led byal-Qaida-linked

Mokhtar Belmokhtarseized the Amenasplant and heldhundreds of workers

hostage for four days.

Thirty-eight hostages and 29 militantsdied. Both Katsiroubas and Medlej died

in the attack.

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A Boeing 747 was blown up by abomb while in Irish airspace.

329 people were killed,including 268Canadians.

Main suspects weremembers of the Sikhmilitant group BabbarKhalsa and other relatedgroups based in Canada.