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 — Justice France Charbonneau gave her closing statement on Friday at the commission that looked into corruption in Quebec's construction industry. The inquiry tackled illegal political party financing, collusion among engineering contracts, and organized crime's tentacles in the industry.
HALIFAX — A young man who pleaded guilty to making child pornography after he took a picture of an intoxicated teenager having sex at a party was given a conditional discharge and a sharp reprimand by the judge for destroying the girl's life.
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A union leader says 11 men stranded on a cargo ship at the port of Argentia in Newfoundland need drinking water, food and warm clothing.
FREDERICTON - The minimum wage in New Brunswick will rise to $10.30 per hour from $10 as of Dec. 31.
VANCOUVER — Anti-pipeline protesters have been ordered to remove their barricade preventing survey work for Trans Mountain's proposed expansion through a Metro Vancouver conservation area.
HALIFAX — Police in Halifax say charges will not be laid against people who published the name of the victim in a high-profile child pornography case that was subject to a publication ban.