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Quebec City mosque shooter asks court for transfer to medium-security prisonQuebec City mosque shooter Alexandre Bissonnette has asked to be transferred from a maximum- to a medium-security prison, citing concerns over his safety and mental health.CrimeMay 1
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Global News’ Dawna Friesen wins Canadian Screen Award for Best National News AnchorDawna Friesen has been awarded the Canadian Screen Award for Best National News Anchor. She is the anchor and executive editor of Global National.CanadaMay 29
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Details about Tumbler Ridge firearms will be released after investigation, minister saysGary Anandasangaree was responding to a group of gun control advocacy groups that say they are alarmed and disappointed that the RCMP still has not disclosed basic information.CrimeMar 11
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Gun control groups ‘disappointed’ by lack of information on Tumbler Ridge firearmsThe RCMP has responded by saying the information is subject to an active investigation, meaning the force doesn't know when the details will be available.CrimeMar 11
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Montreal vigil to mark anniversary of Quebec City mosque attackA vigil will be held in Montreal at 4:30 p.m. Thursday to mark the ninth anniversary of the Jan. 29, 2017, Quebec City mosque attack and to honor the six people killed.CanadaJan 29
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How consecutive life sentences and the notwithstanding clause workConservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's proposal has raised concerns about the rule of law in Canada, with some warning it could erode constitutional norms.CanadaApr 15, 2025
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Poilievre eyes notwithstanding clause for consecutive murder sentencesPoilievre announced his plan to use the notwithstanding clause to pass legislation that would allow consecutive sentences for multiple murders.CanadaApr 14, 2025
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‘Duty to remember:’ Events to mark eighth anniversary of Quebec City mosque attackOnly one bullet hole remains in the wall of the Centre culturel islamique de Québec, 8 years after a gunman stormed into the mosque and killed six Muslim men who had come to pray.CanadaJan 29, 2025
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Quebec City police investigate possible hate crime after excrement left on storefrontPolice say they're not divulging the exact location of the boutique for security reasons.CanadaAug 14, 2019
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Former Montreal Liberal candidate Hassan Guillet ‘completely shocked’ by accusationsThe Liberal party withdrew Guillet's nomination after a Jewish advocacy group flagged old social media posts they said were anti-Semitic.PoliticsSep 1, 2019
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Green Party candidate resigns over post about mailing pig carcass to MuslimsThe resignation comes after a Canadian Muslim group called for the Greens to dump Schomann as a candidate.CanadaSep 12, 2019
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Quebec Human Rights commission says majority of hate attacks go unreportedThe study looked at 86 people who reported experiencing xenophobic or Islamophobic hate in various regions of Quebec.CrimeSep 24, 2019
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Trudeau sits down in first interview since his brownface scandal. Here’s exactly what he saidLiberal Party Leader Justin Trudeau faced questions on the subject of his blackface controversy, as well as a range of issues that included his plans to address healthcare, climate change and the country’s affordability gap.PoliticsSep 25, 2019
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White supremacy’s insidious presence in our electionsWhite supremacy has made its way into mainstream public discourse in Canada, becoming an insidious danger to our democracy, says Amira Elghawaby.CommentaryOct 4, 2019
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Quebec ombudsperson criticizes social health worker’s handling of Mosque shooter caseQuebec's ombudsperson has criticized the way a social worker handled the case of the Quebec mosque shooter after he allegedly told her in confidence he regretted not having murdered more people, according to a report obtained by The Canadian Press.CanadaJul 20, 2019
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Opponents of Quebec’s secularism bill rally in MontrealHundreds, if not thousands, came out on the streets of Montreal Sunday to voice their opposition to the Coalition Avenir Quebec's secularism bill.CanadaApr 7, 2019
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Bill Kelly: Andrew Scheer’s anti-racism speech rings hollowBill Kelly says that contrary to what Andrew Scheer has told Canadians, there is still room for racism and intolerance in the Conservative Party.CommentaryJun 3, 2019
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Man arrested after altercation outside Quebec City mosqueThe mosque is the site of a 2017 shooting that left six men dead and several injured after a gunman stormed the building and opened fire.CrimeMay 26, 2019
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Here’s why experts say causing terror isn’t enough to call something ‘terrorism’While terror is often a byproduct of such violence, actually making the decision to call something terrorism comes down to a much broader set of factors that must be considered.CanadaApr 25, 2018
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Alexandre Bissonnette furious about fundraiser for Quebec mosque shooting survivor, claims inmateA fellow inmate of the Quebec City mosque shooter says Alexandre Bissonnette told him he couldn't believe a man he shot seven times didn't die.CrimeApr 26, 2018