Montreal The rules of python ownership in Montreal Most boroughs allow pythons as long as their adult size is less than 3 metres, they are not venomous ...

A python on the loose in Verdun that escaped from a private residence has Montrealers questioning whether pythons can be legally kept as pets. A page on the Verdun borough's website says a python is a ...

The deaths of two young boys attacked by a four-metre python while they slept is a reminder many Canadian communities need tougher rules restricting ownership of exotic animals, experts on animal ...

Two children are dead after a python escaped an exotic pet store in northern New Brunswick and strangled them in an upstairs apartment on August 5, 2013. Courtesy: Danika Keeley.

A Manitoba snake expert says it's unlikely an attack by an African rock python — like the one suspected in the death of two New Brunswick boys — would happen in Winnipeg.

Even so, he is shocked that a python might be responsible for the deaths of Noah Barthe, 5, and Connor Barthe, 7, Campbellton, N.B. The two boys were found dead Monday morning. They were sleeping in ...