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
BRANTFORD, Ont. — An Ontario judge has sided with the family of an aboriginal girl who was pulled out of chemotherapy in favour of alternative treatment for cancer.
MONTREAL — The Quebec corruption probe that shed light on the province's construction industry and its ties to organized crime and political parties has come to an end.
OTTAWA — The federal government is planning to punish bad behaviour by Canadian resource firms operating abroad if they break Ottawa's new rules on corporate social responsibility.
BRISBANE, Australia — Stephen Harper has arrived in Australia for a G20 summit expected to be overshadowed by Russian aggression.
AUCKLAND, New Zealand — On the eve of a G20 summit in Australia expected to focus in part on the crisis in Syria and Iraq, Stephen Harper says Canada does not support war on the Syrian government or any Middle East nation — only war against the Islamic State.
MONTREAL — Another forensic psychiatrist who analyzed Luka Rocco Magnotta says he came to the conclusion he was suffering a schizophrenia-linked psychotic episode when he killed and dismembered Jun Lin.