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Canada Revenue auditor convicted of soliciting a bribe
Francesco Fazio, one of eight Canada Revenue Agency auditors charged in a lengthy RCMP investigation into alleged corruption at the agency’s Montreal office, has become the first to be convicted in...
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Five Hells Angels sentenced to time served for role in murder conspiracy
Five Hells Angels who pleaded guilty last month to taking part in a general conspiracy to commit murder were sentenced to time served on Wednesday, creating the possibility the gang can resurrect...
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Hells Angels bunker in Trois-Rivières to be torn down due to unpaid taxes
A bunker belonging to the Hells Angels’ Trois-Rivières chapter will be torn down today, reports CBC News. According to the Quebec Superior Court, the land could not be bartered against the cumulative...
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Two men tied to Hells Angels plead guilty to murder conspiracy and avoid trial
Two men associated with the Hells Angels pleaded guilty on Friday to taking part in a murder conspiracy and, in doing so, have avoided being part of a so-called megatrial set to begin on Monday. Louis...
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First trial in Operation SharQc set to start six years after arrests
Six years after arrests were first made in Operation SharQc, a jury is expected to finally hear an opening statement on Monday in the trial of seven men charged in a case that involves a conspiracy by...
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Hells Angels trial postponed for a week
The start of the long-anticipated SharQc trial in Montreal has been pushed back another week after a juror was excused on Monday. The court excused one juror at the juror’s request, because the juror...
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Charges dropped against alleged Hells Angel in SharQc trial
Charges against one of the men who was to stand trial in connection with Operation SharQc have been dropped, Radio-Canada reported Tuesday night. The Crown has withdrawn charges of conspiracy to commit...
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Missing Hells Angel wanted in SharQc might be buried near Edmunston: RCMP
SAINTE-ANNE, N.B. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police in New Brunswick believe a member of the Hells Angels from Quebec who disappeared in 2008 and was sought in Operation SharQc was murdered and buried...
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Examining the seven killings at the heart of SharQc trial
While they might not be called to testify any time soon in the ongoing Operation SharQc trial, prosecution witnesses Sylvain Boulanger and Dayle Fredette, former members of the Hells Angels, already...
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Montreal this morning: The sweltering heat continues
There won’t be much reprieve from the ongoing heat wave today with temperatures starting out at 23 degrees and climbing to 30 (feels like 39 with humidity) during the day. Things won’t cool off too...
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Jury in SharQc trial shown videos of Hells Angels
Members of the Hells Angels appeared to hold at least two meetings that required security a week after their enemies were caught with explosives the summer the biker war in Quebec started. Thursday,...
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SharQc trial shown video of Hells Angels bunker
The Hells Angels bunker in Sorel was humming with activity on July 20, 1994. A video, recorded by police parked outside the building the gang’s Montreal chapter used as a clubhouse back then,...
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Timeline: Operation SharQC
The Operation SharQc trial began with a raid in April 2009. But the roots of the case go back to the Quebec biker wars between the Hells Angels and rival gangs. Here is a timeline of the key events...
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Judge orders end of SharQC Hells Angels trial
A Superior Court judge put an abrupt end to the first murder trial to go before a jury in Operation SharQc after ruling the Crown withheld evidence from the defence for years. In a stunning decision...
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Informant in double murder trial lives in fear of being poisoned
Robert Simpson lives in constant fear his food will be poisoned one day for having turned informant in a double murder ordered by a member of the Hells Angels. Simpson, 53, revealed his fear while...
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Aborted trial raises questions about fate of charged anglophone bikers
One question left hanging after a Superior Court judge called an abrupt end to the first trial to go before a jury in Operation SharQc is what will happen to the second trial involving two anglophones....
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The question of colours in the SharQc courtroom
Should a Hells Angel be allowed to wear his gang colours while attending court proceedings where fellow gang members are accused of murdering for the group? That’s the situation special constables at...
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Bounty on ex-Hells had court security on high alert
Staff in charge of security at the Gouin Courthouse requested extraordinary security measures be put in place at the Hells Angels murder trial because they believed the key informant witness who was...
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Another informant takes stand in N.D.G. double murder trial
The second informant to testify in the trial of a man accused of being the getaway driver in a double murder in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce had a low opinion of the Hells Angel who ordered the hit. Timothy...
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Misunderstanding was at heart of haphazard killing: informant
The double murder carried out in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce five years ago on the orders of a Hells Angel had to be entirely improvised because of a misunderstanding, an informant told a jury on Tuesday. On...
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