Conservative Senator Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu and Quebec’s lawyers do not agree on the Conservative Government’s crime bill.

Senator Boisvenu argued that the Quebec Bar Association is made up of 80 percent of defense lawyers who defend criminals, not victims.

Debora de Thomasis, president of the Defence Lawyers Association, replied that defense lawyers make up only five percent of the Bar.

The TV series Big Love may had its final episode, but real life polygamy is still on the air and on trial. The multi-wived faithful will soon learn whether their polygamous way of life is legal in Canada. A B.C. judge will rule Wednesday if Canada’s anti-polygamy laws are unconstitutional.

The polygamous commune in Bountiful, B.C. has lived in defiance of this hundred and twenty one year old law since 1946. The courts have failed to prosecute two of the community’s leaders thus far.

Two Montrealers drowned during a trip to Dominican Republic on Tuesday.

They were staying in Cabarete, a tourist town. The two men were best friends and were there for vacation.

The family says they don’t know many details about the deaths yet.

A woman saw the men swimming in the ocean and got help. She didn’t help them because she was afraid she would drown.

Read by Joshua Nemeroff

Produced by Erica Bridgeman

Stories written by Luciana Gravotta, Danny Aubry and Joshua Nemeroff