Threats

• Manitoba cabinet minister says she received vile threats; man arrested

  Winnipeg police have arrested a man after Manitoba's families minister, Nahanni Fontaine, said she received racist and threatening letters.

  Crime

  Apr 21
  
• Montreal man pleads guilty to making death threats against Parti Québécois leader

  A 42-year-old Montreal man has pleaded guilty to making death threats against Parti Québécois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon and his family.

  Canada

  Oct 17, 2025
  
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• Businesses threatened over ‘involvement’ with B.C. ostrich cull, including death threats

  Reports of the threats began on Monday, the same day that officials with the CFIA arrived on the farm with RCMP to execute a lawful warrant to search it.

  Crime

  Sep 25, 2025
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• Decades after a PM got pied, the threat landscape in Canadian politics has changed

  Threats against Canadian politicians have surged, with 311 cases in 2024 alone, prompting urgent calls for stronger security amid rising political hostility and online abuse.

  Politics

  Aug 16, 2025
• Threats of political violence rose rapidly through the Trudeau years, new data shows

  Two-thirds of death threats were aimed at Justin Trudeau -- but Catherine McKenna, Chrystia Freeland and Steven Guilbeault also received multiple death threats from 2019 to 2024.

  Politics

  Jul 18, 2025
• Halifax teen accused of threats, gun possession to enter plea in youth court June 5

  A Halifax teen facing 33 charges, including threats and hate-related offences, appeared in court by video. A plea is expected at his next hearing on June 5.

  Crime

  May 15, 2025
• ‘Without consequence’: Intelligence memos warn of runaway political violence online

  Canadian intelligence officials say threatening rhetoric is increasingly seen as a legitimate way to express frustrations, grievances and dissent.

  Canada

  Jul 15, 2024
• Threatening politicians could result in $1,500 fine under new Quebec bill

  The legislation would give police the power to impose a fine of between $50 and $500 to anyone who disrupts a city council meeting with disorderly conduct.

  Canada

  Apr 10, 2024
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• Manitoba RCMP respond to threats at Lorette Collegiate, arrest two students

  Manitoba RCMP say they have arrested two students after responding to threats made at Lorette Collegiate.

  Crime

  Dec 21, 2023
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• ‘Outrageous’: Threats to Ibrahim Ali’s lawyers spur court safety concerns in B.C.

  In the closing days of the trial, lawyer Kevin McCullough filed an affidavit describing more than a dozen messages he received, some with graphically violent threats.

  Canada

  Dec 17, 2023