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
MONTREAL — Luka Rocco Magnotta told a psychiatrist he didn't know why he was wearing Jun Lin's clothing after the Chinese student's slaying and dismemberment, jurors heard Monday.
OTTAWA — Canadians are being asked for their thoughts about how violators should be penalized for contravening the new voter contact registry.
RIVIERE-DU-LOUP, Que. — A coroner's inquest has begun into the fire that killed 32 people at a seniors' residence in eastern Quebec last January.
SIDNEY, B.C. — A shiny, chrome-coated Beechcraft 18 aircraft that was once used by former provincial cabinet minister Phil Gaglardi to inspect the province's highways is one of the historic exhibits at British Columbia's Aviation Museum.
WASHINGTON - She took on American politicians. Now a nurse who castigated what she considered ignorant and electoralist Ebola policies in her own country has a few words for the Government of Canada.
BRISBANE, Australia - Canada will soon contribute to a United Nations climate fund that helps impoverished nations cope with climate change and to develop cleaner sources of energy, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Sunday.