MONTREAL — Jurors at Luka Rocco Magnotta's first-degree murder trial were sequestered on Monday. Here are some numbers from the proceedings:
Days jury heard evidence: 40
Weeks taken to hear evidence: 10
Witnesses heard by jury in total: 66
Crown witnesses: 52
Defence witnesses: 14
Charges accused is facing: 5
Jurors initially selected: 16
Jurors who heard case: 14
Jurors who will decide case: 12
Seats set aside for media and public in main courtroom: 5 each
PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. — The damaged boat that Phillip Boudreau was on before he disappeared in a Cape Breton harbour was shown to the jury on Tuesday at the second-degree murder trial of a man who has pleaded not guilty in his slaying.
WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government is taking steps to reduce the number of children in care housed in hotels.
HINTON, Alta. — RCMP in Alberta say they are looking for a person who intentionally shot a natural gas pipeline.
SASKATOON — The Parole Board of Canada says a condition that bans Robert Latimer from leaving the country without permission will not be lifted.
VANCOUVER — Scientists have cracked the mystery of what has killed millions of sea stars in waters off the Pacific coast, from British Columbia to Mexico.
VICTORIA — One of the owners of an eco-friendly lodge in British Columbia's remote Bella Coola Valley says recent ferry service cuts are threatening local businesses and costing governments almost $1 million in lost tax revenues.