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Police spokesperson Sabrina Gauthier says incendiary devices caused minor damage to the front door of a synagogue and the back door of another building across the street.

MONTREAL - A Montreal man who has been fighting for years to clear himself of suspected terrorist ties says he couldn't believe his eyes when a front-page newspaper headline accused of him of plotting to blow up a plane.

Demonstrators rallied in Montreal on Saturday afternoon to voice their opposition to war, austerity, racism and Islamophobia.

Montreal police are investigating reports of a pellet-gun shooting outside a Muslim school amidst fears of rising anti-Muslim violence.

MONTREAL - Allegations a Montreal man plotted to blow up an airliner are aimed in part at derailing his fight to get off a UN terror watchlist, says his lawyer.

MONTREAL - Allegations a Montreal man plotted to blow up an airliner are aimed in part at derailing his fight to get off a UN terror watchlist, says his lawyer.

MONTREAL - Allegations a Montreal man plotted to blow up an airliner are aimed in part at derailing his fight to get off a UN terror watchlist, says his lawyer.

MONTREAL - Lawyers representing two Montreal men say allegations that their clients discussed a plot to blow up an airliner are part of a smear campaign.

A Federal Court Judge said Thursday morning she will lift the security certificate under which Adil Charkaoui has been living since 2003. Sue Montgomery

Adil Charkaoui, newly freed from federal surveillance, came to Parliament Hill on Tuesday seeking an apology from the government for his years of detention and bail in which his every move was tracked. Janice Tibbetts

<p>On a recent evening, dozens of people of various ages, backgrounds and walks of life - from lawyers to politicians to activists - sat side by side at long tables in a basement community centre on Beaudry St., enjoying platters of chicken, couscous and roasted vegetables. SUE MONTGOMERY</p>

The move makes it more difficult for Ottawa to deport foreign terrorist suspects

MONTREAL - A Montreal man who has been fighting for years to clear himself of suspected terrorist ties says he couldn't believe his eyes when a front-page newspaper headline accused of him of plotting to blow up a plane.

It is called "a reasonableness hearing" — a chance for terrorism suspects facing deportation to make their case — but it seemed more like something out of a Kafka novel when Mohamed Harkat tried to do so in an Ottawa courtroom earlier this year.

Public Safety Minister Peter Van Loan says he fears for the government's ability to fight terrorism in light of "an increasingly complex legal environment" in which judges are no longer deferring to the government in its efforts to deport foreign suspects.

A Federal Court Judge said this morning she will lift the security certificate under which Adil Charkaoui has been living since 2003. Sue Montgomery

In a decision released Wednesday, a Federal Court judge not only quashed a security certificate against Adil Charkaoui once and for all, but refused the government's request to appeal the decision.

n a decision released today, a Federal Court judge not only quashed Adil Charkaoui's security certificate once and for all, but refused the government's request to appeal the decision.D

Police apprehended a 47-year-old man at a Muslim community centre in the Rosemont neighbourhood early Tuesday morning.

Organizers of a multicultural protest against Quebec's proposed charter of values are hoping thousands of people will hit the streets in Montreal today.