MONTREAL – A 26-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder following the assault of a priest at Saint Joseph Oratory while he was celebrating Mass on Friday. Vlad Cristian Eremia was accused Saturday of attempted murder and assault with a weapon. He appeared by videoconference in the afternoon atContinue Reading
Carol Pelletier, 61, does not yet understand that it was a crime to have taken as a “blonde” a girl aged between 9 and 12 years. He will have six years of penitentiary to think about it. P elletier, a Lotbinière man, pleaded guilty to repeated acts of sexual assault,Continue Reading
Stabbed seven times and sprinkled with cayenne pepper. Abandoned in the middle of the night, confused and bleeding, on the highway. Finally, the inevitable collision. The horrifying end of 27-year-old Steven Herbst partially cleared Wednesday with the guilty plea of 25-year-old Frank Angove Caron, sentenced to 44 months in prisonContinue Reading
Lucas * slapped his 11-week-old baby. Then, three months later, banged the baby’s head on an island and shook it violently. The father, without a judicial record, was sentenced to three years in prison for these acts of violence against a fragile baby. Little Nathan * was born on OctoberContinue Reading
MELFORT – The truck driver who caused the fatal accident involving the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team a year ago was sentenced Friday to eight years in prison. Jaskirat Singh Sidhu, 30, of Calgary, pleaded guilty earlier this year to 29 counts of dangerous driving causing death or bodily harm.Continue Reading
Residents of La Malbaie have signed massively on Tuesday, against the development of a multifunctional site of $ 6.3 million for citizens and visitors. The register calling for a referendum collected 1037 names, well above the minimum threshold required of 711. Immediately, the mayor Michel Couturier announced that he putContinue Reading
CARLETON – In its budget tabled Tuesday, the federal government floats the mystery of the replacement of the Madeleine ferry, connecting the Magdalen Islands to Souris, Prince Edward Island. Will it be a new ship or a used ship? In his budget speech, Finance Minister Bill Morneau indicated that hisContinue Reading
VANCOUVER – Vomiting, diarrhea, persistent stomach pain … Rob MacDonald had repeatedly requested treatment for his drug addiction before leaving a maximum security institution, but despite dozens of formal complaints, he did not receive any help. “I thought, ‘Wow, I can not believe I’m going to be on the streetContinue Reading
MONTREAL – A public appeal was launched late Wednesday to locate people who could help resolve an apparent case of animal abandonment at Angrignon Park in Ville-Émard neighborhood, in the south-west of Montreal. Montreal. The day before, on Tuesday, a dog was found lifeless by a passerby who was walkingContinue Reading
Quebec police arrested a 33-year-old man suspected of a series of home robberies in Quebec City and Levis on Sunday. His two possible accomplices are still on the run. Following a joint investigation by the Levis and Quebec police departments, the suspect was arrested Tuesday afternoon by the Tactical InterventionContinue Reading