Quebec Fatal Duck Accident

• 8 of Quebec’s biggest crime stories of 2015

  From Luka Magnotta withdrawing his appeal to former Quebec Lieutenant Govenor Lise Thibault being charged with fraud, here are some of Montreal's biggest crime stories of 2015.

  Canada

  Dec 29, 2015
  
• Stopping on highways to help ducks cross is a hazard: Ontario police

  Ontario provincial police are warning that helping wild animals across the highway creates a hazard for motorists.

  Canada

  May 20, 2015
  
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• Duck-helping Quebecer won’t serve prison sentence pending appeals

  Quebec's Court of Appeal has decided Emma Czornobaj can drive a car and won't have to start serving her prison sentence until her appeal is heard.

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  Jan 9, 2015
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• Emma Czornobaj gets 90 days in prison in stopping-for-ducks case

  Emma Czornobaj was sentenced to 90 days in prison after her involvement in a fatal traffic accident when she stopped her car to protect a family of ducks.

  Canada

  Dec 18, 2014
• Emma Czornobaj will appeal verdict in stopping-for-ducks trial

  Emma Czornobaj has been granted permission to appeal her guilty verdict in stopping-for-ducks trial.

  Crime

  Aug 20, 2014
• More than 10,000 people support Emma Czornobaj online; two petitions launched

  Emma Czornobaj has very quickly become a household name in Quebec. Her trial last month got a lot of people talking and thinking.

  Crime

  Jul 16, 2014
• Petition seeks leniency for driver who stopped for ducks

  An online petition has collected almost 8,000 signatures asking for leniency in Emma Czornobaj's sentencing.

  Jul 15, 2014
• Jury convicts Quebec woman who stopped for ducks

  A woman who stopped to help a group of ducklings on the side of the road has been found guilty of causing the deaths of a motorcyclist and his passenger daughter who slammed into her parked car.

  Crime

  Jun 20, 2014
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• Jury reaches impasse in Quebec stopping-for-ducks dangerous driving trial

  Those expecting a verdict in the case that involves 25-year-old financial advisor Emma Czornobaj were disappointed on Thursday.

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  Jun 19, 2014
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• ‘I know it was a mistake’: driver in duck-linked highway crash testifies

  The driver at the centre of the duck-involved highway crash in June 2010 took the stand in her own defence Tuesday afternoon.

  Crime

  Jun 10, 2014