International news wires were buzzing this morning with the news that disposed Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi had been captured. Not long after, social media began reporting that he had been killed. His death has been confirmed by interim Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril and other Libyan officials.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper says that Gadhafi's death will be the start of a new era for the Libyan people, and also added that Canada's mission in Libya will wind down now that Gadhafi is dead.