Two British men in their twenties were sentenced to four years in prison on Tuesday for Facebook pages they created.
20-year-old Jordan Blackshaw and 22-year-old Perry Sutcliffe-Keenan both created events last week encouraging rioting in their northwest England town of Warrington.
According to prosecutor Martin McRobb, the two men acted independently. McRobb said the men were wrong to believe that inciting disorder from the safety of the virtual world would not have real world consequences.
A 52-year-old Pierrefond man was charged on Tuesday for producing, distributing and possessing child pornography over a span of three years. Kimberly Byron Moskalewski is also accused of secretly watching or recording a person for a sexual purpose.
The violations allegedly occurred at Moskalewski's home, which is located a block away from an elementary school. According to sources, that same home is where Moskalewski's wife operated a small daycare since 1996.
It is not yet known whether the daycare was involved in the charges.
Moskalewski...
Debris from U.S. space shuttle Columbia surfaced in a dried up lake in Eastern Texas late last week. Lake Nacogdoches, north of Houston, had been receding as a result of a severe drought.
The globe-shaped object discovered was one of the 18 tanks that helped...
In a rare move, 5 professionals instead of the usual 3 will determine Guy Turcotte’s fate at his psychiatric hearing August 12. The hearing will decide whether the 39-year-old cardiologist who was accused of stabbing his two children to death last February may be released from hospital.
Turcotte was...
In local news, getting around by car this summer is about to become an even bigger challenge in Montreal. That's because, starting Wednesday, Transport Quebec is closing lanes along one span of the Ville-Marie expressway.
The lane closures will affect both directions and are due to more roadwork scheduled for the next four months. Transport Quebec announced the lane closures on Tuesday.
One lane heading west will be closed between Panet St. and the University St. exit. One lane, and in some areas two lanes, heading east will be closed between the entrance of the Ville Marie tunnel and Panet St.
