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UPAC's first high-profile case produces few results
With the jury now sequestered at the Joliette courthouse in the trial of construction magnate Antonio Accurso, a door is about to close on Quebec’s anti-corruption squad’s first high-profile case....
View ArticleUPAC met with two former Liberal MNAs in fundraising probe
At least two former Liberal MNAs were interviewed by Quebec’s anti-corruption unit in its ongoing investigation into the party’s fundraising methods while former premier Jean Charest was its leader....
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Man sentenced to 14 years for killing Montreal woman and hiding her body
A Gatineau man who admitted to killing his friend in what he claims was an accident fuelled by drugs and alcohol was sentenced to a 14-year prison term at the Montreal courthouse on Tuesday. Philippe...
View ArticleGuy Turcotte seeks to shorten term for parole eligibility
Guy Turcotte, the man who killed his two young children by brutally stabbing them to death, is appealing his sentence in an effort to have his parole eligibility reduced. The former cardiologist...
View Article'I forgive you,' mother of homicide victim tells accused, urging him to...
The mother of a young man who was murdered in Lachine four years ago made an emotional statement at the Montreal courthouse on Wednesday as she told one of the men charged in the slaying to forgive...
View ArticleMan gets prison term, probation for threats evoking Polytechnique massacre
A man who harassed and threatened women online for their opinions was sentenced to a four-month prison term at the Montreal courthouse on Thursday. Alexandre Chebeir, 24, used photos of Marc Lépine,...
View ArticleSeized cash returned to Laval's recently paroled former director general
The past month has been very good to Claude Asselin, the former director general for the city of Laval, even though he is still technically serving a two-year prison term. Asselin, 74, was granted...
View ArticleFormer SNC-Lavalin exec claims hardship while seeking stay of proceedings
A Superior Court judge will decide next month whether the delay a former SNC-Lavalin executive has experienced while awaiting a trial, on charges alleging he committed fraud in deals made with the...
View ArticleMan convicted of quadruple murder denied parole while he maintains innocence
A man who maintains he did not commit four murders he was convicted of more than 23 years ago will remain behind bars after he was recently denied parole. Daniel Jolivet, 60, has been behind bars...
View ArticleTown of Hampstead adopts strict anti-smoking bylaw
The town of Hampstead adopted its much scrutinized bylaw banning people from smoking anywhere on municipal property during a special council meeting on Monday night. “I’m going to stand on the side of...
View ArticleFour plead guilty in series of armed bank robberies
Four men who were arrested more than two years ago as suspects in a series of armoured car heists pleaded guilty to some of the charges they faced at the Montreal courthouse on Tuesday. Included among...
View ArticleMan who shot Montreal cop in 2000 now accused in two armed robberies
A Montreal man who was released from a penitentiary just months ago and is still serving a 30-year sentence for having shot a Montreal police officer 18 years ago during a bank robbery is back behind...
View ArticlePolice believe Ariel Jeffrey Kouakou drowned in Rivière des Prairies
The Montreal police are convinced that Ariel Jeffrey Kouakou, the 10-year-old boy who has been missing since March 12, died in a tragic accident on the day he disappeared by falling into the Rivière...
View ArticleMontreal men indicted in illegal U.S. online money-laundering operation
A Montreal-area resident is in custody in the United States and his brother is being sought after a federal grand jury recently indicted both on charges alleging they operated an Internet-based money...
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Man charged with downtown Montreal shooting carried out in broad daylight
A Montreal resident charged with shooting the owner of a downtown clothing boutique in broad daylight last week is scheduled to have a bail hearing at the Montreal courthouse on Friday. Kevin Buehler...
View ArticleMan arrested in Longueuil after shot fired during an argument
A man in his mid-20s was arrested by the Longueuil police Friday evening after a shot was fired near a busy intersection. Longueuil police spokesperson Constable Jean-Pierre Voutsinos said the shot...
View ArticleFormer CRA auditor's bribery case is 'unique,' defence tells court
A lawyer representing a former Canada Revenue Agency auditor who admitted last year he was part of a conspiracy to extort a bribe from the owners of a Plateau restaurant made further arguments on...
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Montreal babysitter sentenced for leaving toddler alone in burning building
A crack cocaine addict who left the baby she was supposed to be looking after inside a burning apartment building last summer has been sentenced to time served and two years of probation after...
View ArticleDrunk passenger asks court not to impose financial penalty for airline's losses
The man whose rowdy behaviour forced a passenger airplane to return to Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport last summer, escorted by U.S. military jets, has asked that he not be required to pay...
View ArticleQuebec Court of Appeal opens door allowing Agent 728 to appeal conviction
The Quebec Court of Appeal has opened a door allowing an opportunity for Stéfanie Trudeau, the Montreal police officer who was convicted of assault in 2016, to appeal her case. The appellate court...
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