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
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Paul Davis faces a major test as Newfoundland and Labrador premier with three byelections scheduled this month, the first in a Progressive Conservative stronghold.
TORONTO — Scotiabank (TSX:BNS) plans to cut 1,500 jobs — about two-thirds of them in Canada — as it restructures its operations and closes 120 branches at its international banking arm.
OTTAWA — Immigration Minister Chris Alexander says the government will comply with a court ruling that set today as a deadline to create a new refugee health care program.
OTTAWA — The federal government has announced a voluntary agreement by Visa and Mastercard to reduce merchant credit card fees to an average effective rate of 1.5 per cent for the next five years.
TORONTO — The most senior producer at the CBC Radio show "Q" is taking time off amid the scandal around its former host, Jian Ghomeshi, a spokesman said Tuesday.
NANAIMO, B.C. — RCMP says its patrol vessel, the Inkster, was just minutes away from a sinking tug when its crew sent out a mayday call on Sunday morning.