Quebec Trial
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Trial begins for Quebec man facing 1st-degree murder charges in 2023 truck attackJury selection is beginning in the trial of a man charged with killing three people with a truck in eastern Quebec.CrimeMay 15, 2025
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Quebec judge refuses request for fully vaccinated jury at Montreal trialThe accused brought the request citing a recent decision in Ottawa that saw a judge rule that all jurors participating in a murder trial would need to be fully inoculated.CanadaSep 18, 2021
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Former student of Hasidic school tells trial she was exempted from secular studies at age 13Clara Wasserstein, a former member of the ultra-Orthodox Tash community north of Montreal, says the focus of girls' education in the community was to prepare them to be wives and to raise Jewish children.EducationFeb 12, 2020
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Quebec knew about illegal Hasidic religious schools for decades, trial hearsA witness has testified at a civil trial that the Quebec government knew for decades Hasidic Jewish children were not receiving a legal secular education.CanadaFeb 11, 2020
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Families of victims testify at hearing for convicted killer Ugo FredetteA jury last month found Fredette, 44, guilty of two counts of first-degree murder.CrimeNov 12, 2019
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Quebec man accused of smothering ailing wife with pillow says he knew it would kill herMichel Cadotte testified he realized his actions would "cause the death" of his wife.CanadaFeb 5, 2019
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‘I loved her’: Montreal man on trial for murder of ailing wife testifies about her deathA Quebec man on trial for the death of his ailing wife has told jurors he suffocated her with a pillow to end her suffering.CanadaFeb 4, 2019
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Quebec Crown seeks maximum sentence for pilot who nearly left entire province in the darkThe Crown is seeking the maximum sentence for a pilot who nearly shut down Hydro-Québec's entire power grid in a 2014 act of sabotage.CanadaOct 31, 2018
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Quebec construction mogul Tony Accurso found guilty of fraud, other chargesA jury has found Quebec construction magnate Tony Accurso guilty on five charges including fraud and corruption.CanadaJun 25, 2018
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