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
OTTAWA - Refugee claimants from another five countries will find it more difficult to find haven in Canada after the federal government extended its list of so-called safe countries.
A young B.C. father will spend the next five years in prison for repeatedly assaulting his baby daughter and causing her life-long injuries.
They're pretty and they serve a practical purpose — keeping her bangs out of her eyes. But officials at Jaime Mitchell's school have told her that if she keeps coming to her Grade 3 class wearing a scarf, "she will no longer be welcome," her mother, Erin, said.
Mounties and the coroners' service are investigating after a 93-year-old man with dementia died following an attack by another patient at a long-term care facility in B.C.'s southern Interior.
In order to be eligible, 75 per cent of a grocery store's sales must come from food, and it must be a minimum of 930 square metres.
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