MONTREAL - Quebec's independent police watchdog is investigating allegations that a Senegalese diplomat was detained and beaten by police last week in Gatineau, Que., across the river from Ottawa.
Anti-corruption commissioner Frederick Gaudreau has forwarded allegations of criminal acts against officers of Quebec's anti-corruption squad, UPAC, to the province's public security minister Genevieve Guilbault.
Residents and community organizations in Laval say urgent actions need to be taken to deal with the rise in gun violence this summer. Many say they’re feeling shaken after the shooting this Wednesday in the city’s Vimont neighbourhood that led to the death of a 42-year-old man.