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
CHARLOTTETOWN — Premier Robert Ghiz of Prince Edward Island says he plans to quit as premier, less than a year before the province's next election is scheduled, and he is not ruling out a possible federal run.
HALIFAX — The parents of a teenage girl victimized in a prominent child pornography case in Halifax have delivered victim impact statements at a sentencing hearing for a young man who pleaded guilty.
CHARLOTTETOWN — The RCMP in Prince Edward Island say their investigation into food tampering now includes 10 potatoes containing sewing needles.
TABUSINTAC, NEW BRUNSWICK, Canada — The Transportation Safety Board says a New Brunswick lobster boat that sank last year, killing three men, turned too close to a sandbar in stormy weather before it began taking on water.
Police were initially searching for the suspect after being called to a west side Vancouver apartment building around 6:30 a.m. on reports of a fight.
PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. — A Cape Breton man was dragged out to sea with a gaff and tied to an aluminum anchor after he was shot and his boat was rammed three times, the Crown said as a murder trial got underway Thursday.