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Montreal police launch probe into alleged brutality
MONTREAL -; Montreal police have launched an internal investigation after a video surfaced online showing an officer striking a student with a baton at a protest last month. The video, which has...


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Syrian Embassy in Ottawa vandalized
The Syrian Embassy in Ottawa is splattered with red paint after news breaks about a government crackdown on dissent in Homs, Syria that killed over 200...
Syrian embassy in Ottawa vandalized
The Syrian embassy in Ottawa was vandalized overnight when the front of the building was splashed with red paint. The destructive act coincided with weekend protests asking the international...
NHL: Washington 3, Montreal 0
Alexander Semin scored on a penalty shot Saturday in Washington's 3-0 win over Montreal. Vokoun finished with 30 saves, including 10 in each of the game's three periods, racking up his...
Ottawa’s Syrian Embassy vandalized as protesters hold demonstration over Homs killings
OTTAWA-- The Syrian Embassy in Ottawa has been splashed with what appears to be red paint. Protesters held a demonstration in front of the embassy, located in midtown Ottawa, about 10 blocks from...
Alberta, Quebec off and running at junior curling championship
NAPANEE, Ont. -- Alberta, Quebec and New Brunswick got off to good starts Saturday in Draw 1 on the men's side of the M&M Meat Shops Canadian Juniors curling championship. Bryce...
Montreal mortgage scam yields fraud charges
MONTREAL - Two Quebec men face fraud charges following an investigation by the RCMP into a mortgage scam that cost victims more than $4 million.Kinh Ho Quan, 56, and Hermel Bosse, 58, were arrested...
Media advisory - Student "Art Mob" Takes Over the Lachine Canal
, Secondaire II students from l'cole Cavalier-De Lasalle will join The Historica-Dominion Institute at the Lachine Canal National Historic Site to create a "snow art " installation...
Ovechkin's return highlights Caps at Montreal
Ovie's back, and the Montreal Canadiens get him. The Washington Capitals come into the Bell Centre on Saturday afternoon (CBC Sports, CBCSports.ca, 2 p.m. ET) having gone 1-1-1 without Alex...
Quebec wants $1.9M back from Mabe
The Quebec government's investment arm wants its $1.9 million back from a company preparing to leave the province. Home appliance-maker Mabe announced in...
Families homeless after fires
Six families are out on the street following a four-alarm fire in Pointe St. Charles overnight. Firefighters suspect the fire began in a roof of the multiplex on Ryde Street. No one was injured,...
Quebec to sue over concrete tunnel collapse
The Quebec government will head to court to seek a multimillion-dollar compensation from an engineering consortium it blames for last summer’s collapse in a Montreal tunnel.It announced the...
Quebec government to sue over concrete tunnel collapse
MONTREAL -; The Quebec government will head to court to seek a multimillion-dollar compensation from an engineering consortium it blames for last summer's collapse in a Montreal tunnel. It...
Quebec government demands $1.9 million back from company set to close plant
It says it will close the Canadian plant, which manufactures brand-name dryers, by 2014. The company also has operations in the U.S. and Mexico and blames its woes here on the high Canadian...
Shafia father to appeal murder convictions
Mohammed Shafia, son Hamed and Tooba Yahya were convicted of murdering Shafia's daughters Zainab, 19, Sahar, 17, and Geeti, 13, and his first wife in a polygamous marriage, Rona Amir Mohammad,...
Police questioned over student protest video
Montreal police officers supervising a student protest last week are being questioned after a video of the event prompted allegations of excessive force. A video of the Jan. 27 event shows a police...
Alberta, Ottawa announce $50M joint oilsands monitoring strategy
Alberta and Ottawa have announced a joint $50 million a year monitoring strategy for Alberta’s oilsands that will greatly increase the area and amount of testing of land, air and water as well...
NHL: New York Islanders 2, Ottawa 1
Mark Eaton , playing in the 600th game of his NHL career, scored 2:35 into overtime Friday to give the New York Islanders a 2-1 win over Ottawa. Eaton re-directed a pass...
Two Montreal men face fraud charges in mortgage scam
MONTREAL - Two Montrealers face fraud charges following an investigation by the RCMP into a mortgage scam that cost victims more than $4 million. Kinh Ho Quan, 56, and Hermel Bosse, 58, were arrested...
Montreal Fashion Week attracting more international attention
Designer Marie Saint Pierre joins models on the runway at Montreal Fashion Week in this undated handout photo. The latest edition of Montreal Fashion Week begins on Monday, Feb. 6 where the...
Alberta, Ottawa beef up oil sands monitoring
Alberta and Ottawa will add more than 90 monitoring stations to beef up environmental testing in the oil sands, a costly new system expected to be financed by industry.The new plan is set to roll out...
Video: Winterlude kicks off in Ottawa
Forty bartenders from 13 countries showed off their moves at Latvia's bartending competition. Denny Bakiev from the Ukraine says flair bartending takes a lot of practice - even so, he doubts it...
In Absentia: Morris Panych ponders big questions in midlife-crisis drama
, the second Panych premiere to take place in Montreal in as many years, features his frequent collaborator Jillian Fargey as Colette, a woman struggling to deal with the fact that her husband Tom...
Quebec to sue Viger Tunnel contractors
Quebec is suing a construction consortium after blaming the companies for a partial structural collapse in Montreal's Viger Tunnel. The province has announced legal action against CIMA+, Dessau...
Senator's rope comment draws criminal complaint
A Quebec man has filed a criminal complaint against Senator Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu for a comment he believes could incite suicide. The complaint comes after the Conservative senator said this week...
Charest warns Harper not to act unilaterally on pensions
Quebec Premier Jean Charest, seen here arriving to speak at the Northern Lights 2012 conference in Ottawa Thursday, has concerns about the federal government reforming retirement income programs...
Quebec sues over tunnel collapse
Several cars had to brake to avoid being crushed after a massive beam supporting a tunnel in downtown Montreal fell on July 31, 2011. (QMI Agency files) MONTREAL - Quebec will sue a three-member...
Quebec suing engineering firms for tunnel collapse
MONTREAL -- The province of Quebec is suing a consortium of engineering firms it holds responsible for the partial collapse of Montreal's Ville Marie tunnel last summer for millions of dollars...
Suicides spurt in Quebec jails in January
Quebec provincial police escort a van out of Bordeaux prison in Montreal on May 2011. Quebec has initiated a screening program to assess prisoners for suicidal...