Feb 22 2019 — Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press — MONTREAL — The jury deciding the fate of a Montreal man on trial for the killing of his ailing wife wants to hear his testimony again. Late Friday, jurors sent an envelope making the request to Quebec Superior Court Justice Helene Di Salvo, asking to relisten to Michel Cadotte's testimony. Cadotte, 57, is charged with second-degree […]
Feb 22 2019 — Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press — MONTREAL — The judge hearing an injunction request over the Quebec government's decision to cancel more than 18,000 immigration applications will render a decision early next week. Representatives of an association of Quebec immigration lawyers argued Friday the province is ignoring laws currently in place in anticipation of a new law, Bill 9, that would overhaul the system for selecting newcomers to the […]
Feb 20 2019 — Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press — MONTREAL — The case of a Quebec man accused of killing his ailing wife is now in the hands of a jury. Jurors were sequestered Wednesday to determine the fate of Michel Cadotte, 57, charged with second-degree murder in the death of his wife Jocelyne Lizotte, stricken by advanced Alzheimer's disease. Superior Court Justice Helene […]
Feb 19 2019 — Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press — MONTREAL — The murder trial of a Montreal man for the death of his Alzheimer's-stricken wife neared its end Tuesday as lawyers made their final arguments ahead of jury deliberations. Michel Cadotte's lawyer implored jurors to consider the lesser charge of manslaughter while the prosecution argued the criteria for second-degree murder had been met. Cadotte, 57, is charged […]
Feb 15 2019 — Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press — MONTREAL — An Ottawa physician who navigated the dangerous roads of Haiti Friday to get to the Port-au-Prince airport with three Canadian colleagues says he feel lucky to be alive and is warning others stranded in the strife-torn country not to follow his lead. "Please do not do (what I did), because you can get killed," Dr. Emilio Bazile told The […]
Feb 15 2019 — Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press — MONTREAL — An Ottawa physician who navigated the dangerous roads of Haiti Friday to get to the Port-au-Prince airport with three Canadian colleagues says he feel lucky to be alive and is warning others stranded in the strife-torn country not to follow his lead. "Please do not do (what I did), because you can get killed," Dr. Emilio Bazile told The […]
Feb 14 2019 — Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press — MONTREAL — The initial enthusiasm from Quebec's Coalition Avenir Quebec government for a proposed Major League Baseball stadium in Montreal was slightly tempered Thursday after an opposition party cautioned against sinking public money into the project. As news broke that the group pushing for a return of Major League Baseball to Montreal had chosen a site on the Peel Basin […]
Feb 14 2019 — Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press — MONTREAL — The initial enthusiasm from Quebec's Coalition Avenir Quebec government for a proposed Major League Baseball stadium in Montreal was slightly tempered Thursday after an opposition party cautioned against sinking public money into the project. As news broke that the group pushing for a return of Major League Baseball to Montreal had chosen a site on the Peel Basin […]
Feb 12 2019 — Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press — MONTREAL — A sophisticated money laundering ring with international tentacles was behind hundreds of millions of dollars in transactions until it was dismantled this week, federal authorities said Tuesday. The RCMP told a news conference its probe — dubbed "Collector" — uncovered a network with cells in Montreal and Toronto that collected and laundered money primarily […]
Feb 12 2019 — Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press — MONTREAL — A sophisticated money laundering ring with international tentacles was behind hundreds of millions of dollars in transactions until it was dismantled this week, federal authorities said Tuesday. The RCMP told a news conference its probe — dubbed "Collector" — uncovered a network with cells in Montreal and Toronto that collected and laundered money primarily […]
Feb 11 2019 — Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — MONTREAL — A Crown expert cast doubt Monday on a Montreal man's defence that he was suffering from depression that hindered his decision-making when he killed his severely ill wife nearly two years ago. Dr. Gilles Chamberland is the final witness to take the stand at the second-degree murder trial of Michel Cadotte, accused of killing […]
Feb 7 2019 — Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press — MONTREAL — A Montreal man accused of killing his ailing wife had a "disturbed" state of mind at the time of her death, a psychologist testified Thursday. Michel Parisien, the final defence witness at the second-degree murder, told a jury that Michel Cadotte was distressed and caught in a difficult situation when he killed his Alzheimer's-stricken wife, […]
Feb 7 2019 — Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press — MONTREAL — The Crown has withdrawn a charge of obstructing a peace officer against an aspiring Bloc Quebecois candidate who confronted Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at a public event last summer. Matthieu Brien had pleaded not guilty to the charge stemming from an exchange with Trudeau during celebrations of Quebec's Fete nationale last June. Brien's lawyer, Marc Michaud, said the charge was withdrawn Thursday after the […]
Feb 7 2019 — Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press — MONTREAL — The Crown has withdrawn a charge of obstructing a peace officer against an aspiring Bloc Quebecois candidate who confronted Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at a public event last summer. Matthieu Brien had pleaded not guilty to the charge stemming from an exchange with Trudeau during celebrations of Quebec's Fete nationale last June. Brien's lawyer, Marc Michaud, said the charge was withdrawn Thursday after the […]
Feb 4 2019 — Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press — MONTREAL — A Quebec man on trial for the death of his wife told jurors Monday that he suffocated her with a pillow because he couldn't stand to see her suffering from Alzheimer's disease anymore. Michel Cadotte's testimony centred on the day of Feb. 20, 2017, when Jocelyne Lizotte was found dead in her bed at a Montreal long-term […]