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Perceptions about the ‘King of Pot’ differ
MONTREAL — There are two sides to Jimmy Cournoyer. On one hand is the man described as a considerate person who spared no expense in 2009 when a man, celebrating Cournoyer’s 30th birthday with a group...
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Editorial: Restoring confidence in Montreal’s police
As Premier Philippe Couillard pointed out, most Montreal police officers bravely uphold their sworn duty to serve and protect every day, in sometimes dangerous circumstances. And those who appeared to...
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Porter’s ties to SNC go back further than previously thought
Arthur Porter, who is accused of orchestrating a $22.5-million fraud against the McGill University Health Centre, acknowledges in a new tell-all memoir that during the bidding process for the MUHC...
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Arthur Porter’s book details daily life inside jail
Despite being locked up in a notoriously violent Panamanian jail for more than a year, Arthur Porter says he enjoys the services of a personal cook who prepares his meals, a carpenter who fashioned a...
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Ex-mayor Gérald Tremblay knew about corruption: police informant
MONTREAL — He knew. A secret police informant claims former Montreal mayor Gérald Tremblay knew about a corrupt system at city hall in which construction companies allegedly gave a 10-per-cent cut from...
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Justice Minister Vallée says she won’t meddle with Charbonneau Commission
QUEBEC — It isn’t for a politician to meddle with the work of the Charbonneau Commission by calling for an extension of the independent inquiry’s mandate, said Justice Minister Stéphanie Vallée. She...
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Former FTQ boss Jocelyn Dupuis guilty of defrauding union (with video)
Just because things have always been done a certain way, doesn’t make it right. Jocelyn Dupuis learned that lesson the hard way Friday when a Quebec Court judge found the former head of Quebec’s...
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Helicopter escapees’ drug trial prepares to be handed to jury
The drug trafficking trial of three men who pulled off a daring escape from a penitentiary near Quebec City in June, only to be recaptured days later, has entered its final stage. The three men, Serge...
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Rock Machine boss Jean-François Émard arrested on drug charges
A man who has done little to hide the fact he is the leader of a motorcycle gang that once waged a bloody war with the Hells Angels in Quebec is behind bars following his arrest on drug trafficking...
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Rock Machine 2.0: A dark chapter re-written?
A man alleged to be a leader in a newly resurrected version of the Rock Machine motorcycle gang was arrested Sunday and was charged Monday in Valleyfield with drug possession. Jean-François Emard, 38,...
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Quebec taking steps to avoid repeat of helicopter prison break
QUEBEC After two jailbreaks involving helicopters in 15 months, Quebec is taking pains to ensure it doesn’t happen again. The provincial government is moving forward with six recommendations derived...
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Other Hells Angels who were recently released
They were members of the most feared criminal organization in Quebec during the 1990s, but the Hells Angels’ Montreal-based Nomads chapter’s dominance within the underworld came to a screeching halt in...
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The Story So Far: Cell phones and flip-flops – PKP's getting angry
Hello and welcome to The Story So Far for Wednesday, Nov. 19. Click on the audio player below to hear the rundown on some of the stories we’re following for you today. And remember, you can listen to...
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Nine arrested in Laurentians as police bust alleged drug ring with ties to...
A regional integrated squad led by the Sûreté du Québec arrested nine people Wednesday as part of an investigation into a marijuana trafficking ring that provincial police allege was run by a man with...
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Case against Hells Angel won't go to trial until 2016
Despite being arrested more than five years ago in an investigation of the Hells Angels’ alleged illicit activities in the downtown core and on the South Shore of Montreal, biker Salvatore Cazzetta...
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Lawyer convicted of gangsterism will stay in jail
Louis Pasquin, the first lawyer in Canada to be convicted of gangsterism, learned Thursday he has run out of options and will have to continue serving time in a federal penitentiary for drug...
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Mom Boucher's son charged with threatening cops
The son of a former Hells Angel who was once one of the most notorious criminals in Canada is behind bars after being charged with uttering threats to police officers. Francis Boucher, 39, a man who...
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The Story So Far: Son of ex-Hells kingpin arrested
Hello and welcome to The Story So Far for Monday, Dec. 1. Click on the audio player below to hear the rundown on some of the stories we’re following for you today. And remember, you can listen to all...
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Quebec's notorious Nomads chapter ready for parole
The Hells Angels’ Nomads chapter in Quebec was once the most feared organized crime group in the province. Its founding members were selected from the gang’s Montreal and Trois Rivières chapters, in...
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Release revoked for Bandido who once plotted to kill Mom Boucher
A former biker gang member who plotted to kill former Hells Angel Maurice (Mom) Boucher during the biker war has seen his release on a lengthy prison term revoked after being allegedly linked to a...
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