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
EDMONTON - Premier Jim Prentice's government promised Monday to move Alberta to a more prosperous, responsible economy and back to the basics on ethics and education.
EDMONTON - A group of graduate students in public health want Edmonton to follow the example of other communities that have banned the use of electronic cigarettes in public places.
TORONTO - Ontario government revenues are down more than half a billion dollars, Finance Minister Charles Sousa said Monday, prompting the opposition parties to warn the Liberals will have to raise taxes to balance the books in three years.
A 27-year-old Vancouver man has been arrested after two people were assaulted with a hammer in separate attacks. Both incidents occurred within 30 minutes on Sunday night in the eastside of Vancouver.
BURNABY, B.C. — Anti-pipeline protesters are organizing a mass gathering on Burnaby Mountain just before an injunction takes effect ordering activists off the Metro Vancouver conservation site.
The Conservative government has been ticking off boxes recently beside its list of multibillion-dollar, family-friendly promises made during the 2011 election campaign, pledges contingent on a balanced budget.