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In an open letter, womens groups are urging Ottawa to ban the use of "parental alienation" claims through a change in Canadas Divorce Act.

Giuseppe Calabreses father insulted him in Italian by telling him he was less than nothing. "He brooded over this insult."

A newly unsealed court document alleges that Meriem Boundaoui, the 15-year-old fatally shot in Montreal two years ago, was an innocent victim in a dispute about parking spots.

One of the two men charged in the killing of an innocent teenage girl in 2021 has lost his bid to be released from jail until his trial.

In the aftermath of a murder-suicide, family and friends are often left to wonder what went wrong and what could have been done to prevent the deaths. Experts say much remains hidden in such cases, given there is no trial after the perpetrator dies. 

"I was intoxicated (when Belle-Isle was killed). It started four days before and I had not slept at all."

Article content After focusing on priority groups through April, Quebec has gradually opened up COVID-19 vaccination to the rest of the adult population, including people in their 40s and 30s over the last week. Though health authorities are worried about vaccine hesitancy as the campaign reaches younger age groups, the response has so far been positive — on Sunday alone, almost 190,000 people booked appointments across the province. At a vaccination site in Montreal’s west end on Monday,...

Article content A dog bite is alleged to have touched off a series of events that resulted in the death of a 32-year-old woman in Pointe-aux-Trembles nearly two years ago. Jérémie McLaughlin-Thibault is on trial at the Montreal courthouse, where he is charged with the second-degree murder of his neighbour, Vickie Belle-Isle. The victim was attacked in her own apartment, on June 28, 2019, and died the following day in a hospital. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing ...

Article content A dog bite is alleged to have touched off a series of events that resulted in the death of a 32-year-old woman in Pointe-aux-Trembles nearly two years ago. Jérémie McLaughlin-Thibault is on trial at the Montreal courthouse, where he is charged with the second-degree murder of his neighbour, Vickie Belle-Isle. The victim was attacked in her own apartment, on June 28, 2019, and died the following day in a hospital. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing ...