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 - A complete breakdown in the relationship between aboriginal and non-aboriginal Canadians must be repaired for the moral and economic good of the country, a high-profile panel said Thursday.
WINNIPEG - The death of a 15-year-old girl has prompted dozens of people to camp in the shadow of Manitoba's legislature for days, calling for an inquiry into missing and murdered aboriginal women.
VANCOUVER - The federal government has announced $10.8 million to continue a program that allows the Canadian Red Cross to quickly distribute emergency supplies abroad.
Labour experts say the B.C. teachers' strike is sailing into uncharted waters with no resolution on the horizon for the dispute that has delayed the start of the school year for the first time in provincial history.
SRINAGAR, India - A bus carrying more than 50 wedding guests was swept away by a flooded stream Thursday in the Indian portion of Kashmir, and all but five of the passengers were missing, officials said.
Joan Rivers, the raucous, acid-tongued comedian who crashed the male-dominated realm of late-night talk shows and turned Hollywood red carpets into danger zones for badly dressed celebrities, died Thursday. She was 81.