🚨 Crime & Public Safety
- Defence to appeal verdict in Dominica murders of Quebec couple. Lead counsel Ravi Rajcoomar says Jonathan Lehrer and Robert Thomas Snyder Jr. will pursue several grounds of appeal after being found guilty this week of murdering Quebec filmmaker Daniel Langlois and his partner Dominique Marchand in 2023; the bodies were found in a burnt-out car near the luxury resort the couple owned and the pair have not yet been sentenced.
- Quebec man charged in son's death was shot during his arrest; BEI probing. Court documents and police notices say a man charged with his son's death was shot by officers during the arrest, and Quebec’s Bureau des enquêtes indépendantes (BEI) has opened an investigation into the use-of-force incident.
- Quebec man accused of killing his teen son arrested by provincial police. Provincial police report the arrest of a man charged with the death of his teenage son; the file identifies provincial police as the arresting authority.
- Trial of a Montreal man accused of killing his 9-year-old daughter continues today. Court schedules show the trial for the accused in the killing of a 9-year-old girl is continuing today in Montreal, with proceedings ongoing.
🏛️ Government & Politics
- Quebec orders review after three youths connected to Batshaw die in March. Santé Québec has requested an independent examination of youth services after three children linked to Montreal’s Batshaw Youth and Family Centres died in March 2026: a 16-year-old girl on March 3, a 17-year-old boy on March 17, and a four-year-old girl on March 31; Social Services Minister Lionel Carmant gave his first public comments this week on 98.5 FM and in The Gazette.
- Ethics tribunal finds two police officers racially profiled Black man during traffic stop. An ethics tribunal decision names two Quebec police officers in a racial-profiling finding stemming from a traffic stop, according to the tribunal ruling.
📰 Also Today
- Montreal home flooded three straight years after 40-year dry spell, homeowner recounts three consecutive years of flooding.
- Man killed in Montreal's Sud-Ouest borough, police report a fatality in Sud-Ouest.
- Quebec confirms 1st raccoon rabies case in a stray cat, province records first raccoon rabies finding in a cat.
- Montreal police ask public for help locating wanted sex offender, police request tips from citizens.
- How young Quebecers can increase chances of securing employment, article offers employment advice for youth.
- Montrealer says identity is rooted in the city, not Quebec or Canada, personal profile examines local identity.
