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Montreal Gazette
5 days ago
- Montreal Gazette
Something that ‘smelled like urine' was thrown at Jewish participants in Montreal Pride parade, they say
By A 35-year-old woman was arrested for armed aggression Sunday after police say she threw a 'container containing a liquid' at participants of the Montreal Pride parade. The woman targeted members of two Jewish groups marching in the parade — Ga'ava and the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs — a participant told The Gazette. The liquid she threw 'smelled like urine,' he said. Ga'ava and CIJA's planned involvement in the parade had been a source of controversy in the run-up to the event. A competing Pride parade, Wild Pride, also ran Sunday. Many of its organizers, including pro-Palestinian Jewish group Independent Jewish Voices, shunned mainstream Pride events out of objection to the inclusion of groups supporting Israel amid the war in Gaza. Fierté Montréal, which organizes the Montreal Pride parade, had initially booted Ga'ava and CIJA off the roster, accusing the groups of 'spreading hateful discourse.' Organizers reversed course days later, following criticism that included a letter signed by five MPs. Adam, who asked The Gazette not to use his last name, said he was struck by what he believes was a liquid-filled balloon while marching with Ga'ava and CIJA. 'While my back was turned, I felt something hit me on my left side that was wet,' Adam said. He said he first thought it was water, 'and then the smell hit.' 'I turned around and I saw that the SPVM and one of our security guards had the person on the ground.' Adam said he later saw a balloon on the ground, leading him to believe that the perpetrator had thrown balloons filled with urine. The liquid struck two other people directly, he said. 'We didn't confirm what type of liquid' struck the participants, Montreal police spokesperson Julien Lévesque said. Police also wouldn't confirm which group had been struck, only confirming the incident took place during the Pride parade around 3:30 p.m. 'It's hard to imagine that it wasn't targeted' at the Jewish groups, Adam said. 'No other group had pee balloons thrown at them.' He called the action the result of 'a normalization of radicalization across Canada,' adding that he feared an escalation into more extreme violence. In a social media post Monday, a group called Faction Against Genocide, in Solidarity said one of its members 'sprayed' Ga'ava and CIJA participants 'with nettle extract,' describing the liquid as 'a non-harmful natural substance that stinks like hell.' View this post on Instagram A post shared by Faction Anti Génocidaire et Solidaire (@ The group said its members had come to disrupt the parade in protest of Fierté Montréal's 'complicity in the ongoing genocide in Palestine,' accusing Ga'ava and CIJA of 'co-opting queer struggles' to support Israel. The Gazette has reached out to the group for comment. This story was originally published August 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM.
CTV News
15-07-2025
- CTV News
Woman found dead in Montreal home
An SPVM police vehicle is seen in Montreal, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi The body of a 60-year-old woman has been found inside a home in Montreal's Anjou borough on Tuesday morning. Montreal police (SPVM) says it received a call at 5:20 a.m. asking that officers do a wellness check at a home on Baldwin Street near Yves Prévost Boulevard. 'When police officers arrived on site, they found an inanimate body of a woman aged 60 years old,' said Julien Lévesque, a spokesperson with Montreal police. 'Sadly, her death was determined on site.' An investigation has been launched to understand the events leading up to her death. The force says the incident is the 22nd homicide on its territory this year.
CTV News
11-07-2025
- CTV News
Cyclist, 79, in critical condition after being struck by SUV in Côte-des-Neiges
A 79-year-old cyclist is in critical condition after being struck by an SUV in the Côte-des-Neiges neighbourhood. Montreal police (SPVM) said it received 911 calls around 11:25 a.m. Emergency services were sent to Edouard Montpetit Boulevard at Trans Island Avenue after a vehicle collided with a man on a bicycle. The man had sustained serious injuries to his upper body. 'The paramedics took charge of the victim and transferred him to a hospital centre in a critical state,' said SPVM spokesperson Julien Lévesque. The 44-year-old woman driver refused transport to the hospital. It is the second day in a row that police have responded to a cyclist getting his by a vehicle. On Thursday morning, a dashcam captured dramatic footage of a 28-year-old woman being run over by a semi-truck in the Old Port. She sustained non-life-threatening injuries. Police are waiting to confirm the health status of the man who was hit on Friday, and an investigation is ongoing.
CTV News
29-06-2025
- CTV News
Unidentified body found in the Rivière des Prairies in Montreal
An unidentified body was found Saturday afternoon in the Rivière des Prairies in the Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough of Montreal. Shortly before 3:20 p.m., police officers from the Montreal police's (SPVM) 10th precinct were informed of the possible presence of a body in the river. Once on the scene, police located an unresponsive and unidentifiable body near the shore, not far from the intersection of Gouin Boulevard West and Martin Avenue, explained SPVM spokesperson Julien Lévesque. 'Given the circumstances surrounding this event, SPVM investigators were called to the scene to analyse it,' he explained. The investigation will then be transferred to the Quebec Coroner's Office. This report by The Canadian Press was first published in French on June 28, 2025.
Yahoo
29-06-2025
- Yahoo
Montreal police recover unidentifiable body from Prairies River
Montreal police pulled a body out of the Prairies River, north of the Island of Montreal near the Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough, Saturday afternoon. Police received a 911 call just before 3:20 p.m. after a person spotted the body in the water near the intersection of Gouin Boulevard and Martin Avenue. The body is unidentifiable, according to police spokesperson Julien Lévesque. Investigators with the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal analyzed the scene and the investigation is being transferred to the Quebec coroner's office.
