C.D.N.-N.D.G. mayor calls alleged harassment a distraction from work
Having to deal with a man who has harassed her for years has made learning the job of being the mayor of Montreal’s largest borough more difficult, Côte-des-Neiges—Notre Dame-de-Grâce Mayor Sue...
View ArticleMan accused of harassing N.D.G. mayor annoying but not criminal, lawyer says
The lawyer representing a man charged with harassing Côte-des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-de-Grâce borough Mayor Sue Montgomery before and after the most recent municipal election conceded on Wednesday that his...
View ArticleConvicted drug trafficker pleads guilty to possessing meth behind bars
A man believed to be one of Montreal’s most powerful gangsters pleaded guilty on Wednesday to possessing methamphetamine and marijuana while behind bars awaiting trial in a case involving the Hells...
View ArticleGilbert Rozon will be present in court in November
Just for Laughs founder Gilbert Rozon will have to make his first appearance in court in November in the case where he is charged with rape. Read More
View ArticlePsychiatric evaluation complete in the priest-stabbing case
The man charged with attempting to murder a priest while he was delivering morning mass at St. Joseph's Oratory last month appeared in court on Friday after having undergone a psychiatric evaluation....
View ArticleI want out of drugs, into therapy, alleged Rock Machine leader says
A man alleged to be a leader in the Rock Machine said he wants out of the biker gang and figures his only way out is to undergo therapy for his addiction to heroin. Read More
View ArticleCinar founder Ronald Weinberg gets full parole on 9-year sentence
Ronald Weinberg, the man who co-founded what was once Canada's largest animation production company, has been granted full parole on the sentence he is serving for having defrauded investors in his...
View ArticleMontreal halfway-house workers sexually assaulted: police seek suspect
The Montreal police are asking for help from the public in their investigation into how two female employees at a halfway house were sexually assaulted last summer. Read More
View ArticleUpdate: Police have found gun, vehicle linked to fatal shooting in Brossard
A 25-year-old Montreal resident died hours after he was shot inside a restaurant in Brossard late Friday night. Read More
View ArticleProject Répercussion: Laval police create special squad after reckless...
While calling the reckless nature in which Salvatore Scoppa, a man with close ties to the Montreal Mafia, was recently murdered "unacceptable," the head of the Laval police has announced the creation...
View ArticleFormer MUHC exec who took bribes approved for parole
Yanaï Elbaz, the former MUHC executive who admitted in November that he accepted a $10-million bribe to award the superhospital contract to a consortium led by SNC-Lavalin, is expected to be released...
View ArticleDriver who had 'something to prove' before deadly crash gets parole
Marie-Michele Benjamin, sentenced in November to a three-year prison term after she pleaded guilty to driving while drunk when her car crashed into another on the Jacques-Bizard Bridge and killed a...
View ArticleEx-Rock Machine member's release cancelled because 'life is in danger'
The Parole Board of Canada has done an about-face and suddenly cancelled the planned release of a former outlaw motorcycle gang leader after having received information that his life is in danger. Read...
View ArticlePatient bank robber gets day parole
Day parole has been granted to a bank robber whose capers were so creative they were compared to the exploits of a fictional character when he was sentenced to his current 17-year prison term. Read More
View ArticleMontrealer who died in U.S. prison regretted rejecting plea deal
A former Montrealer who was tied to the highest levels of the West End Gang recently died in a U.S. penitentiary while deeply regretting not taking a plea deal that would have allowed him to return to...
View ArticleMan with alleged ties to Montreal Mafia sentenced for loaded gun
A man with alleged ties to organized crime in Montreal has been sentenced to a two-year prison term, minus a day, after being found guilty of possessing a loaded firearm. Read More
View ArticleThree arrested as Montreal police investigate suspected hitman
Three people were arrested Friday morning as Montreal police continue to probe a series of unsolved murders they believe might have been the work of suspected hitman Frederick Silva. Read More
View ArticleParole granted to bridge exec who accepted bribes from SNC Lavalin
A former federal bureaucrat who accepted bribes from SNC Lavalin while he was the head of an organization that maintained two of the city's bridges has been granted full parole on the 66-month sentence...
View ArticleMan who killed neighbour and child out of hate in 1992 to be paroled soon
A man who killed his neighbour and her two-year-old daughter in Brossard more than two decades ago out of a hatred for immigrants will soon be released on full parole even though he continues to deny...
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