Quebec City Mosque Shooting

• Quebec City mosque shooter asks court for transfer to medium-security prison

  Quebec 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.

  Crime

  May 1
  
• Quebec City mosque shooting: Ceremony marks 6th anniversary of attack

  For the first time, the ceremony to mark the sixth anniversary of the attack is being held inside the mosque's prayer room, the very place where the rampage took place.

  Canada

  Jan 29, 2023
  
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• Ceremony for Quebec mosque attack to be held in prayer room where shooting occurred

  A spokesperson for the citizens' committee organizing the event says that moving the commemoration to the prayer room is a significant and difficult decision, but an important one.

  Canada

  Jan 26, 2023
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• Muslim Awareness Week’s 5th edition kicks off in Quebec

  Muslim Awareness Week is a time where non-Muslim Quebecers are invited to get to know their neighbours. It was created in the aftermath of the Quebec City Mosque shooting.

  Politics

  Jan 25, 2023
• Quebec mosque disappointed with ruling allowing shooter to seek parole after 25 years

  The Quebec mosque says the decision did not give due consideration to ``the atrocity and scourge of multiple murders'' or to the hateful, Islamophobic, racist nature of the crime.

  Canada

  May 27, 2022
• Quebec City mosque shooter Alexandre Bissonnette can apply for parole after 25 years

  Alexandre Bissonnette pleaded guilty to six charges of first-degree murder in the January 2017 assault that took place just after evening prayers at a Quebec City mosque.

  Canada

  May 27, 2022
• Supreme Court of Canada to rule on sentencing for Quebec City mosque shooter

  The high court decision in Alexandre Bissonnette's case will determine the constitutionality of a key provision on parole eligibility in multiple murder convictions.

  Crime

  May 26, 2022
• Supreme Court of Canada hears appeal of sentence for Quebec City mosque shooter

  Alexandre Bissonnette was originally sentenced to 40 years after pleading guilty to six counts of first-degree murder and six of attempted murder.

  Canada

  Mar 24, 2022
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• Ottawa, Quebec urged to ban handguns nationally ahead of 2017 mosque shooting anniversary

  The leadership of the Quebec City Islamic centre where six people were killed asked the federal government to abandon its idea of making a handgun ban a provincial decision.

  Canada

  Jan 27, 2022
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• Supreme Court to hear appeal of Quebec City mosque shooter’s sentence

  The high court announced its decision Thursday to allow the appeal brought forth by Quebec's Directeur des poursuites criminelles et pénales.

  Canada

  May 27, 2021