TVA has the background to the murder‑suicide on the Plateau on Friday night: the gunman had just gone through a breakup, and thought he was killing his rival. But according to the woman in the case, that wasn’t true.
Another piece about the reactions.
A woman was attacked and seriously injured by three dogs Wednesday morning in St‑Léonard. Police shot two of the dogs dead after the owner gave permission.
That is a very low bar for goodest dog
Ted Rutland posted this to Facebook on Wednesday and I can’t link to that, so I’m kyping his text:
The first policy is demanded by the police brotherhoods precisely to increase police power and impunity. Body cameras don’t reduce police violence or hold police accountable. They are used against the population – to secure quick convictions, to enable surveillance, and to win public relations battles (when citizen-filmed videos circulate on social media).
The second policy just wrecks community work, as we showed in a report last year with RAPSIM.
They know all of this, obviously, but Ensemble Montréal exists to advance the agenda of the police brotherhood and PM stopped pretending long ago that it cares about communities targeted by police and its project of suburbanizing the city requires a strong police to uplift “feelings of security.”
Transition Montreal’s platform on policing blows the old parties out of the water. Three simple policies that will reduce police violence:
(1) transfer non-criminal 911 calls to a civilian response unit,
(2) stop the police from exceeding its budget by $50M/year and use the money to fund violence prevention,
(3) abolish street checks.
It’s not complicated.
I can’t disagree about most of this, but there’s a lot contained in the part about Projet Montreal “suburbanizing the city [which] requires a strong police to uplift “feelings of security.” ” What would an ideal city look like, according to Rutland? Would he prefer that people who would like to live in reasonable security just leave and actually move to the suburbs? Yes, city life will mean living with all kinds of people, and we can’t just wish them away, but I have questions about Rutland’s ultimate vision here.
I wondered whether he had in mind the shutting down of music venues so nearby residents could live in suburban peace and quiet.
I wondered whether it was a hastily written paragraph and he meant that Ensemble had a project of “suburbanizing the city” – if he did indeed mean to ascribe that to Projet, I’m not sure the rest of his analysis is worthwhile (and Ted is usually on point). I similarly wouldn’t agree that “Ensemble exists to advance the agenda of the police brotherhood.” Anyway, policy proposals that end with “it’s not complicated” are usually worth the price you paid for ’em…
It’s not complicated except for the very powerful police union and the pesky electorate that is increasingly convinced Montreal is unsafe.
I agree with Rutland’s vision but (a) getting elected with such a platform and (b) actually implementing it is not as simple as he makes it sound.
I also balked at the quip abut PM’s “project of suburbanizing the city” which is like… huh?
I see what he means. But we’ve argued about that here before, clearly opinions in an “ideal” urban environment vary. And that’s ok.
Some store owners, weary of repeat shoplifters, have been posting their captured images at the door. Is this use of a person’s image legal? An expert in this piece says the situation is not clear.
The article mentions legality, but posting photos is never a criminal offence: as the article points out, the only remedy is the alleged thief suing the store for defamation. And people love overstating personality rights here. And, uh, we can’t tell mens rea because they might have just forgotten to pay? Does anyone think that would work in a criminal case, let alone a civil one?
At any rate, if someone robs your store more than once, they can hardly claim they “forgot to pay” every time.
A man was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday for stabbing his boss to death in 2022. The boss, who – like his attacker – had immigrated from the Philippines, had found the man a job, but the evolution of the situation that led to violence was apparently not made clear in court.
A U.S. radio station is doing a series on the history of the Montreal music scene.
walkerp 23:10 on 2025-10-08 Permalink
This story is just so sad. I read the sign on the door of the bar and it’s heartbreaking.
Kate 14:17 on 2025-10-09 Permalink
Here’s the wording of the sign from Facebook.