Some of the pomp and circumstance of Saint-Jean Baptiste Day will be subdued Wednesday as a Montreal neighbourhood grieves the people killed this week in a horrific shooting.

A criminology expert says the number of on-duty cop fatalities this year remains within historical levels, with data showing that policing is generally safer now than before.

A Montreal police officer was shot dead and another was injured when they responded to a 911 call on Monday morning about a shooter at a hotel in Côte-des-Neiges.

Quebec's police watchdog is investigating Monday's shooting, while Quebec provincial police have launched a parallel criminal probe.

Quebec Domestic Security Minister Ian Lafrenière has appointed an independent observer to oversee the investigations into racism allegations involving Montreal police officers.

A 28-year-old man is facing charges after a Montreal cop car was stolen, prompting a chase that spanned nearly 60 kilometres across the city.

The Black employees noted in the letter that they had learned about efforts to identify whistleblowers in some units.

The Red Coalition shared with The Canadian Press its correspondence with the office of the commissioner.

The calls come after Montreal police director Fady Dagher announced late Friday that two officers have been suspended and 14 others reassigned and placed under investigation.

Two Montreal police officers have been suspended and 14 others reassigned to duties not interacting with the public as allegations of racial profiling are investigated.

14 other officers from Station 39 have been reassigned to duties that do not involve contact with the public in connection with the case.

Officers responded to a place of worship at Sherbrooke Street and Wood Avenue shortly after midnight Friday morning following an attempted arson. One man has been arrested.

The stabbing death of a 22-year-old man at a Walmart in Montreal North has prompted the city’s ninth homicide investigation so far this year.

Investigators say numerous steps were taken over the past four years to solve the case, which they believe is linked to organized crime.

Police in Montreal say the alleged offences span nearly two decades, from 2007 to 2026, and may involve additional victims who were contacted online.

The college student was walking with a friend on the river in the l'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève borough when the ice gave way beneath their feet., police said.

Salim Touaibi has been found guilty of first-degree murder and four counts of attempted murder in the drive-by shooting of a teenager in Montreal in 2021.