Author: Benoit Leblanc

The research assembled by Laval firefighters, divers and members of the Sûreté du Québec (SQ) helicopter team finally bore fruit this morning, ended up resulting in good things, as this morning, when the body, which disappeared in the river, was finally discovered in the Mille-Îles River. It was 10:21 a.m. when the baby was spotted not far from the place where his mother and four-year-old sister had themselves been extricated from the vehicle that had run aground in the water, near des Érables Street and Saint-Antoine Road, in Laval-sur-le-Lac. It took place on Friday, October 28, shortly before 5 p.m.…

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A woman in her 60s lost control of her SUV before crashing into three other vehicles in the parking lot of the Adonis supermarket, located on Des Aristocrates Avenue, in Duvernay. The incident took place around 11:38 a.m. yesterday, time of the 911 call. The first firefighters arrived on the scene at 11:44 a.m., noting with relief that no one was inside the vehicles struck at the time of the collision. However, the driver was in a bad shape, the safety airbags of her vehicle having deployed under the impact of the accident. The firefighters quickly freed the woman, and…

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Shortly before 5 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 28, 911 was alerted after a partially submerged vehicle was reported to be seen in the Rivière des Prairies in the Laval-sur-le-Lac area. When they arrived near avenue des Érables, the firefighters and police spotted the car. During the intervention, the emergency services managed to rescue two of the three occupants of the vehicle, who were immediately transported to a hospital center. Firefighters from Laval’s Fire and Safety Department are continuing their search to find the third missing person by boat. More details to come. Translated by Corinne Prince

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About 10 Service de police de Laval (SPL) patrol cars are parked in front of the Centre Céramique 440 because of a murder that occurred this morning. 911 was alerted around 7:46 a.m., witnessing gunshots in this small commercial complex located along Highway 440, south side, between Industriel Boulevard and Highway 15. When SPL patrol officers arrived at the scene, a man was lying on the floor of the parking lot. His death was confirmed at the scene. The victim is said to be a 66-year-old man. He would have died of his injuries, after being hit by more than…

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After a tattoo shop burned down with a Molotov cocktail on Sept. 21, a pet store specializing in fish and aquariums was the scene of an almost identical scenario this past night, on Saint-Martin Boulevard (west). It was 12:45 a.m. when 911 was informed of the incident, at Aquariums ReefSolution inc., located in a small commercial complex, in Chomedey. Arriving at 12:51 a.m., the first of Laval’s Fire and Safety Department units required for the intervention, i.e. 22 firefighters, quickly spotted the flames inside the facility, as a window had been smashed by a incendiary object. While evacuating the place,…

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This afternoon, the Directeur des poursuites criminelles et pénales (DPCP) filed charges of first degree murder and assault against Kamaljit Arora, the day following a family tragedy that broke out on Lauzon Street, in Sainte-Dorothée. While we initially feared for health, the 46-year-old man and father of the two children who died yesterday, was to appear for the first time in the Court of Quebec today. For what’s about the accusation of assault, it would have been inflicted on the mother of the children, a 45-year-old woman, who was subsequently transported for a severe nervous shock. The Facts Let’s recall that…

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Called to the scene of a possible family tragedy, officers from the Service de police de Laval (SPL) sadly discovered two lifeless children, before proceeding to the arrest of a man also present on the spot. A call made to 911, shortly before 6 p.m. yesterday, directed the officers to the scene of that family tragedy, which looks like infanticide, on Lauzon Street. The children were then transported to a hospital centre, where they were declared dead. The children, an 11-year-old boy and a 13-year-old girl, reportedly died of injuries sustained. According to some media and details not yet confirmed…

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Residents of 1, Place Bellerive, had a scare yesterday afternoon when a loveseat caught fire on the upper floors of that large residential building. It was 3:12 p.m. when several 911 calls were made for smoke and flames in the heights of the building located in Chomedey, just across the Rivière des Prairies, east of Route 117. Already on an intervention on Francis-Hughes Boulevard, the first of the 22 firefighters required for this fire, which means six units from Laval’s Fire and Safety Department, arrived at the scene at 3:19 p.m. At that time, the alarm was on, and people…

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The Service de police de Laval (SPL) wants to inform the public that on Oct. 10, investigators from Crimes contre la personne squad arrested Marc-André Cauvier, 54 years old, in connection with an attempted kidnapping that occurred on Oct. 1. Investigators have reason to believe that Cauvier may have had other victims, and they would like to contact them. “Cauvier was driving in a dark grey Dodge Caravan, with tinted windows,” said Erika Landy, spokesperson for the SPL. That suspect vehicle had damage to the rear passenger side bumper, and was also damaged between the light and the trunk on…

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The Sûreté du Québec (SQ) is taking charge of the investigation into the firearm murder of a Laval resident, on Friday, Oct. 7, Canada Street, due to possible links with organized crime. Around 11:20 p.m., a 31-year-old man died when getting shot in his immobilized vehicle, on the roadway of that that sector of Saint-François, located just south of Lévesque Boulevard (east), facing the Rivière des Prairies. As soon as they arrived on the scene, officers from the Service de police de Laval (SPL) quickly spotted the vehicle riddled with projectiles, while also noticing a victim inside of it, suffering…

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