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Montreal police launch investigation into alleged brutality in protest video

Montreal police have opened an internal investigation into allegations of brutality at a student protest last month. A video of the protest shown on YouTube appears to show one officer using a baton to repeatedly strike a protester holding a banner. Police say the officers working at the Jan. 27 protest against tuition hikes will be questioned. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ho-YouTube

MONTREAL - Montreal police have launched an internal investigation after a video surfaced online showing an officer striking a student with a baton at a protest last month.

Foreign Affairs minister John Baird says Canada is 'disappointed in the extreme' after Russia;China vetoed Syria resolution at UN Security Council.

Canada 'disappointed in the extreme' after Russia, China veto Syria resolution

OTTAWA - Canada is "disappointed in the extreme" after Russia and China vetoed a U.N. Security Counc...

A Canadian broadcast watchdog has ruled that an "aggressive" Sun News TV interview was acceptable after receiving a record number of complaints from viewers.

Watchdog rules Sun TV interview acceptable after receiving record complaints

A Canadian broadcast watchdog has ruled that an "aggressive" Sun News TV interview was acceptable af...

The tower and an outer prison wall at St.Vincent De Paul penitentiary in Quebec is seen in this undated file photo. Long ago;it was one of Canada's most notorious prisons and now it's a health hazard. Still;some see a gold mine of opportunity behind the fortress-like walls of Quebec's St-Vincent-de-Paul Penitentiary;which last housed convicts more than 20 years ago.

Quebec prison suicides on the rise

Suicide rates in Quebec prisons are on the rise after remarkable decreases over the past decade acco...

Canadians won't see the same Super Bowl TV ads, but the Internet gets around it

MONTREAL - Canadians won't see the same real-time TV ads for cars, drinks and snacks that Americans ...

Mohammad Shafia;centre;and his son Hamed Shafia;left;are led away from the Frontenac County courthouse in Kingston;Ont.;after being found guilty of first degree murder.

As Shafia father and son start appeal, other family members face threats

It appears some family members are facing a backlash for testifying against Mohammad Shafia, his wif...

Lab Chrysotile asbestos mining operations in Black Lake;Quebec.

Prominent scientists question Quebec university's ties to asbestos industry

Dozens of prominent international and Canadian medical researchers and scientists are asking McGill ...

Engineers inspect a concrete slab that fell on a major expressway Monday;August 1;2011 in Montreal.

Shoddy preparation blamed for concrete collapse over Montreal expressway

A report is blaming last summer's collapse of a huge concrete slab onto an expressway in Montreal on...

A man looks through the database for job listings at the Human Resources and Skills Development Canada offices in Montreal on April 9, 2009. CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz

Job creation stays flat as unemployment rate edges up to 7.6% in January

OTTAWA - Canada's economy squeezed out a paltry gain of 2,300 jobs last month as the country's unemp...

Quebec man arrested as terrorist for sending text message

A casual text message to work colleagues encouraging them to ''blow away'' the competition at a trad...

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