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Movement expected Wednesday on motion holding up Contrecoeur trial
The Crown accused the defence at the Contrecoeur fraud trial on Tuesday of going on a “fishing expedition” with its motion seeking more details concerning police wiretaps that targeted one of the...
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Montreal graduate students, post-doc researchers worry about fallout from...
Majid Soleimani, a post-doctoral fellow in the department of biomedical engineering at McGill University working on ways to improve hearing testing in newborns, applied back in November for a visa to...
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CHOM's Terry DiMonte confirms co-host Backman's departure
Citing “a decision that was not mine to make,” CHOM morning host Terry DiMonte announced on Tuesday that the radio station has parted ways with co-host Heather Backman. Owner Bell Media cited budget...
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Quebec mosque shooting: Support pours in from across Canada for victims'...
QUEBEC — Funeral arrangements are being made for the six victims of Sunday’s mosque shooting, with a tentative plan afoot to also have a joint ceremony over the weekend in the provincial capital....
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What happened to Alexandre Bissonnette?
QUEBEC — Alexandre Bissonnette had visited the mosque before. Just a few blocks away from the university student’s nondescript apartment in Ste-Foy on Tuesday, a source with close ties to the Centre...
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Quebec mosque shooting: Why no terrorism charges?
Within 24 hours of Sunday’s shooting in a Quebec City mosque, 27-year-old Alexandre Bissonnette stood in a prisoner’s box as the 11 charges against him were read aloud. By then, Prime Minister Justin...
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Quebec mosque shooting analysis: Premier Couillard cautions against assigning...
QUEBEC — As a former justice minister said Tuesday, it seems unlikely accused killer Alexandre Bissonnette got radicalized from spending too much time listening to some Quebec City radio stations,...
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Denis Coderre tweets Donald Trump, targets travel ban
Denis Coderre has a message for another politician addicted to Twitter. In a tweet directed at Donald Trump, Montreal’s mayor made it clear Tuesday that he doesn’t approve of a travel ban imposed last...
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Quebec mosque shooting: Fox News removes tweet after Trudeau complaint
Related Tap here to follow our coverage of the shooting Fox News has taken down a tweet about the Quebec City mosque shooter after a complaint was lodged by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Saying the...
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Major drug bust nets man with known Mafia ties, six others
The Sûreté de Québec say they have detained seven men who allegedly imported and trafficked cocaine. The men are between the ages of 24 and 52 and were arrested Wednesday in Montreal and suburbs to the...
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Suicide-prevention group launches online campaign
Suicide prevention is going online this year in Quebec, with the province’s largest support group placing online ads aimed at young people who might be thinking of killing themselves. Montreal...
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Quebec mosque shooting: Joint funeral to be held Thursday in Montreal for 3...
A funeral will be held on Thursday for three of the six victims of the attack on a mosque in Quebec City on Sunday. The service for Abdelkrim Hassane, 41, Khaled Belkacemi, 60, and Aboubaker Thabti,...
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Quebec City killings spark jump in radicalization complaints
In the three days following the murderous attack on a Quebec City mosque that left six people dead, Montreal’s anti-radicalization centre received 10 complaints of Islamophobia, four of which were...
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Quebec probes death of 25-year-old during Montreal police raid
Quebec’s Bureau des enquêtes indépendantes has been called in to examine the death of a 25-year-old man during a raid by Montreal police early Wednesday. The BEI announced on its website that it had...
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Montreal Mafia defence lawyer pleads guilty to gangsterism
A longtime defence lawyer of the Montreal Mafia received a 34-month prison sentence on Wednesday after pleading guilty to gangsterism and weapon possession charges. Loris Cavaliere, 62, was described...
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Analysis: Hate crimes too often ignored in Quebec, some say
Even when Muslims are shot in a mosque, it’s their own fault. Or the fault of Justin Trudeau, or Philippe Couillard who brought them to this country, or the leftist media that twists the truth. What...
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Inquiry into police spying announces upcoming hearings
The provincial commission of inquiry in charge of looking into police surveillance of journalists will hold hearings in late February for anyone who wants to participate. People looking to take part,...
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New political financing rules kick in for municipal elections
Fewer than half of Montrealers vote in a municipal election, but everyone is going to support the candidates who run in the next general election this November under new provincial financing rules that...
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Quebec City’s Muslim community hopes to open a cemetery to bury dead
QUEBEC — The shooting in Quebec City’s mosque over the weekend has helped highlight the fact the city doesn’t have a place to bury people of the Muslim faith. In fact, the five Muslim cemeteries in the...
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No sexual assault charges to be laid against MNA Sklavounos
QUEBEC — Provincial Liberals were treading carefully Thursday following news that Quebec’s Crown prosecutor’s office has decided no charges will be laid against MNA Gerry Sklavounos, who was accused...
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