Jurors in Magnotta trial will spend a 7th day trying to reach verdicts
The jury will deliberate for a seventh day on Monday at Luka Rocco Magnotta’s murder trial. Day 6 on Sunday came and went without the 12 jurors reaching verdicts in the five charges against the...
View ArticleJury finds Magnotta guilty of 1st-degree murder
A Montreal jury found Luka Magnotta guilty of first-degree murder on Tuesday in the death of Jun Lin after eight days of deliberations. The victim’s father said he was satisfied with the jury’s...
View ArticleFour dead in apartment fire southwest of Montreal
LES COTEAUX, Que. – A Quebec couple and two of their children are dead after an early-morning fire at an apartment building southwest of Montreal. Quebec provincial police say Patrick Gagnon, 37,...
View ArticleMontreal police help deliver baby in car on Christmas morning
MONTREAL – A pair of Montreal police officers helped a baby enter the world a little earlier than expected on Christmas morning. Just before 3 a.m., a man frantically flagged down a patrol car in the...
View ArticleFather of murdered student Jun Lin grateful for Montrealers’ generosity
The father of murdered Chinese student Jun Lin says he is grateful for the generosity and kindness of Montrealers. Diran Lin spoke to reporters on Monday, six days after a jury found his son’s killer,...
View ArticleMontreal Canadiens play French national anthem before game at Bell Centre
The Montreal Canadiens honoured the victims of this week’s terrorist shootings in Paris by playing the French national anthem prior to their game against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday. The French...
View ArticleHockey legend Guy Lafleur suing Quebec Crown, Montreal police for $2M
Former Canadiens superstar Guy Lafleur is seeking more than $2 million from the Crown and Montreal police in legal proceedings that began Monday. Lafleur testified in 2007 at his son Mark’s criminal...
View ArticlePublic health officials say Montreal patient tests negative for Ebola
Public health officials say a patient at a Montreal hospital has tested negative for Ebola. The regional health authority said earlier Tuesday the patient began exhibiting symptoms after returning from...
View ArticleQuebec measles cases jump to 136 in region northeast of Montreal
The number of confirmed measles cases in Quebec is up to 136 from 119 earlier in the week. Health officials northeast of Montreal are bracing for even more cases. They said in an update on Friday the...
View ArticleToronto and Montreal mayors combine efforts to build cities
The mayors of Canada’s two largest cities had their first formal sit down on Wednesday. John Tory welcomed Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre for an early-morning meeting at Toronto City Hall. The two...
View ArticleBlack activists hold protest in response to fatal police shooting in Montreal
Police should have no role in responding to mental health crises, activist groups said in response to last week last week’s police shooting of a Montreal man. About 200 people, including...
View ArticlePolice investigate as Coldplay fans turned away in Montreal, duped by fake...
Many Coldplay fans in Montreal hoping to catch their final show in the city Wednesday night were turned away, the victims of an apparent online fake ticket scam. City police said Thursday they received...
View ArticleMontreal man wanted in human trafficking investigation
Toronto police have released a photo of a Montreal man wanted in connection with a human trafficking investigation. According to police, an 18-year-old woman was forced into the sex trade in Ontario...
View ArticleMontreal man, 81, found safe after going missing at Pearson airport
A Montreal man who went missing from Pearson International Airport has been found, Peel police said Wednesday. Abe Hussein, 81, arrived at the airport around 4:50 p.m. on Tuesday. He was met by his...
View ArticleToronto-Montreal in 39 minutes? Hyperloop judges say this route is a winner
The Toronto-Montreal corridor has taken the prize as one of the strongest candidates in the world for a hyperloop system that could cut travel time between the cities from five hours to just 39...
View ArticleUber to cease Quebec operations in mid-October if province doesn’t rescind...
The Quebec government is trying to impose a rigid and outdated taxi model on Uber’s flexible way of doing business and if nothing changes, the ride-hailing company will disappear from the province’s...
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Memorials held to remember victims of 1989 Montreal Massacre
Bouquets of red, pink and white roses were laid outside Ecole polytechnique on Wednesday at the foot of a plaque bearing the names of the 14 women who were killed there 28 years ago. The two dozen or...
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Toronto synagogues among several across Canada to receive anti-Semitic hate mail
Four Toronto synagogues are among 10 across the country that have received disturbing anti-Semitic hate mail. According to B’nai Brith Canada, Adath Israel Congregation and three other synagogues were...
View ArticlePolice divers enter river in search of missing Montreal boy
Montreal police are using divers to search the Riviere des Prairies river Monday to search for Ariel Jeffrey Kouakou a week after the 10-year-old boy went missing. This is the first time divers have...
View ArticleMontreal police say boy who disappeared March 12 likely fell into river
Montreal police say they believe a boy who has been missing for 10 days more than likely fell into a river. Insp. Ian Lafreniere says 10-year-old Ariel Jeffrey Kouakou was last seen near the Riviere...
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