The 21-year-old man charged with first-degree murder in the April 2016 death of Clmence Beaulieu-Patry, 20, is testifying in his own defence. His lawyer will argue Randy Tshilumba is mentally ill and didn't believe he was doing anything wrong at the time.

After two weeks of evidence detailing the night a 20-year-old grocery store clerk was stabbed to death in front of horrified customers, lawyers for the accused Randy Tshilumba are expected to begin presenting their defence to a jury this morning.

A Montreal couple on trial for terrorism-related charges was found with bomb-making materials and preparing to go to Syria to fight with ISIS at the time they were arrested, a Quebec Crown prosecutor said Wednesday.

Twelve jurors and two alternates have been selected in the case of a young Montreal couple Sabrine Djermane and El Mahdi Jamali. They were teenagers when they were charged with terrorism-related offences in 2015.

For the first time in six days of testimony at his trial on charges of fraud, conspiracy and breach of trust, Frank Zampino raised his voice during a testy exchange with Crown prosecutor Pascal Lescarbeau.

Both the Coalition Avenir Qubec and the Liberal candidates in the upcoming byelection in the Quebec City riding of Louis-Hbert dropped out of the race on Wednesday.