Montreal Crime

• No charges 2 years after Old Montreal building fire kills 7 people

  Both the prosecutor’s office and Montreal police say the criminal investigation is ongoing and they are working to have information for the public as soon as possible. 

  Canada

  Mar 16
  
• Crown says two men accused ‘shot to kill’ in drive-by that left Montreal teen dead

  The lawyer for one of two men charged in the 2021 drive-by shooting of Meriem Boundaoui told jurors his client was merely a passenger and panicked when shots were fired.

  Canada

  Mar 12
  
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• Man who shot at car didn’t mean to kill Montreal teenager, his lawyer tells court

  The lawyer for one of the men charged in the drive-by shooting of a 15-year-old girl in Montreal has told a jury his client should be found guilty of manslaughter, not murder.

  Crime

  Mar 10
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• Canada’s most wanted fugitive arrested over fatal Yorkdale mall shooting

  Canada’s most wanted fugitive was arrested Thursday in connection to the shooting death of a 28-year-old man at Yorkdale mall this past summer.

  Crime

  Mar 5
• Montreal police conducting searches in lead-up to teen’s death by South Shore police

  Montreal police say they are conducting searches in an investigation connected to the death of a teenager shot dead by police on the city's South Shore.

  Crime

  Feb 26
• Quebec father who drowned his children tells jury he has no memory of killings

  A Quebec man who drowned his two children in October 2022, told a jury he has no memory of the day they died, as he testified in his own defence in Laval, Quebec.

  Crime

  Feb 18
• Montreal police searching for suspect in metro station stabbing

  A man was stabbed at Montreal's Place-des-Arts metro station on Saturday and taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

  Crime

  Feb 8
• Ontario man who pleaded guilty to terrorism charges seeks lighter sentence

  An Ontario man who pleaded guilty to terrorism charges told a Toronto judge he regrets his neo-Nazi past, as his lawyer asked for a reduced sentence.

  Crime

  Jan 30
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• Trial begins in 2021 drive-by shooting that killed Montreal teen Meriem Boundaoui

  A jury trial has opened for two men charged in the drive-by shooting of a 15-year-old girl who prosecutors say was in the wrong place at the wrong time when she was killed.

  Crime

  Jan 13
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• Santa, elves sought in alleged Montreal grocery theft described as political act

  Police are investigating what activists say was a Robin Hood-style theft at a Montreal grocery store with people dressed as Santa and elves shoplifting thousands worth of food.

  Crime

  Dec 18, 2025