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Quebec's Jacques Delisle is believed to be the first Canadian judge to ever stand trial for murder. He was convicted in 2012 of fatally shooting his wife Marie Nicole Rainville.

Crown prosecutor François Godin made the announcement in a hearing Wednesday at the courthouse in Quebec City, but he did not disclose what charge Jacques Delisle would admit to.

The province's highest court has ordered that the case against Jacques Delisle return to Quebec Superior Court, where he had been facing a second trial.

QUEBEC - A murder trial involving a judge, believed to be the first case of its kind in Canadian history, is now in the hands of the jury.

MONTREAL - A former Quebec judge who was found guilty of fatally shooting his elderly handicapped wife was denied bail Friday as his lawyers try to overturn his conviction.

MONTREAL - A former Quebec judge who was found guilty of fatally shooting his elderly handicapped wife was denied bail Friday as his lawyers try to overturn his conviction.

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For the first time in Canadian history a retired judge has been charged with first-degree murder — a move which prompted Quebec officials to initiate exceptional legal procedures in the case against former Court of Appeal judge Jacques Delisle.

A retired Quebec judge accused of killing his wife will be back in court Wednesday for a bail hearing.

A retired judge accused of murdering his wife began to weep during his trial Friday, as a witness shared memories about her physical and emotional challenges. <br /><br />

The Supreme Court of Canada has refused to hear an appeal by a retired Quebec judge who was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his wife.

A former Quebec judge found guilty in 2012 of fatally shooting his wife and whose conviction was overturned last year by the federal justice minister won't face a new trial.

A former judge on the Quebec Court of Appeal, Jacques Delisle, 86, was found guilty of first-degree murder in the death of his wife and was sentenced to life in prison.

Friday's ruling involves the case of a Quebec man who was acquitted on seven sexual assault charges in 2017 but who was ordered to stand trial again.

Air Canada is laying off more than 5,100 flight attendants and suspending most of its routes abroad by the end of the month.

A former Quebec judge who was found guilty in 2012 of fatally shooting his wife has been released from prison ahead of a new murder trial.

A retired Quebec judge sentenced to life in prison for murdering his wife has failed to have his conviction overturned.

A retired judge charged with murder was apparently angry when he found out detectives would search his apartment for clues following the death of his wife.

QUEBEC - A retired judge accused of murdering his wife began to weep during his trial Friday, as a witness shared memories about her physical and emotional challenges.