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3 hours ago
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Mom of missing Montreal toddler ‘in great distress,' will return to court for bail hearing in July
A three-year-old Montreal girl seen in St. Albert, Ont. moments after being found following a four-day search on Wednesday, June 18, 2025. (Courtesy/Noovo Info) A bail hearing has been scheduled for next month for the mother of a three-year-old Montreal girl who was missing for three days before being found on an Ontario highway. The toddler was found Wednesday on the side of Highway 417 near St. Albert, Ont. after her mother reported her missing on Sunday. An Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) drone spotted her alone after police believe she spent the entire time all by herself with no food or water. The girl's mother appeared in court again on Friday at the Valleyfield courthouse after she was arrested by Quebec provincial police Monday evening and charged with one count of child abandonment. The Crown prosecutor requested and was granted a publication ban to protect the young girl's identity. As such, the name of the girl's mother, or anything else that would identify her, cannot be published. The Crown is opposing her release from custody. A judge scheduled a two-day bail hearing on July 3 at the Valleyfield courthouse as the prosecution waits to receive more evidence from police. The accused mother was remanded into custody at the Leclerc detention centre for women in Laval and was ordered not to communicate with the victim or her father. Missing Montreal toddler A screenshot of a TikTok video of a mother and her child. The mother has been charged with one count of child abandonment after the girl went missing for three days. (Source: Noovo Info/TikTok) No new charges were laid on Friday. Her lawyer, Olivier Béliveau, told Noovo Info that he has not requested a psychiatric evaluation for his client at this time. Béliveau described her as a 'woman who is in great distress' and that she was extremely relieved when she learned that her daughter had been found on Wednesday. With files from CTV News' Olivia O'Malley and Noovo Info - This is a developing story that will be updated.
CTV News
a day ago
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Quebec police say three-year-old missing girl found in Ontario needs rest, privacy
Capt. Benoit Richard of the Quebec provincial police speaks to media after a three-year-old missing for four days was found alive, in St. Albert, Ont., Wednesday, June 18, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov MONTREAL — Police are asking the public to stop sharing the name and photo of the three-year-old Montreal girl found in Ontario after going missing for four days. Quebec provincial police say citizens were instrumental in the search for the missing child, who was allegedly abandoned by her mother near Casselman, Ont., on Sunday afternoon. She was spotted on Wednesday by an Ontario Provincial Police drone along Highway 417, about 120 kilometres southwest of her Montreal home. Police say the girl has been through a difficult ordeal and needs to rest — and regain her anonymity. Quebec provincial police say their social media posts and video updates about the search for the girl were widely shared and viewed millions of times. The girl's 34-year-old mother, Rachel-Ella Todd, has been charged with unlawful abandonment of a child and returns to court on Friday.
CTV News
2 days ago
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Que. police announce three-year-old Claire Bell located by Ont. police
Watch Quebec police officials say three-year-old Claire Bell was located by a drone deployed by Ontario's provincial police after being missing for several days.
CTV News
2 days ago
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Quebec corruption police raiding offices of auto insurance board
The Quebec anti corruption permanent unit logo is shown Wednesday, October 16, 2024 in Quebec City. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot QUÉBEC — Quebec's corruption police are searching the headquarters of the province's auto insurance board. The auto board has been mired in a scandal for nearly two years over the botched rollout of its new online platform. An auditor general report earlier this year revealed the government wound up paying a total of $1.1 billion for the platform, which was $500 million more than expected. The board is responsible for issuing and renewing driver's licences, administering road tests and the provincial no-fault insurance system. The scandal surrounding the online platform has also been the subject of an ongoing public inquiry. Corruption police are refusing to give details on what led to the search at the board's Quebec City offices. In a statement, the police force says that in general its officers conduct searches to obtain evidence to confirm or refute wrongdoing. Amid mounting pressure, Éric Caire was forced to step down in February as cybersecurity and digital technology minister. This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 18, 2025.
CTV News
3 days ago
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Police investigate possible murder-suicide in Montreal suburb
Quebec police (SQ) are investigating after two bodies were discovered west of Montreal. Quebec provincial police (SQ) is investigating two suspicious deaths west of Montreal. The SQ said the deaths are not linked to the case of the missing Montreal-area three-year-old girl. According to Noovo Info sources it may have been a murder-suicide. Police were called around 5:15 a.m. Tuesday, after a body was found in Pointes-des-Cascades Park in the Vaudreuil-Soulange MCR. Another body was discovered in a nearby home in neighbouring Vaudreuil-Dorion. Both were pronounced dead at the scene. The identities of the victims are unknown but police confirmed they are both adults. Police say that 'all hypotheses are being considered,' and the investigation is ongoing.
