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
That means the grand prize for next Friday's Lotto Max will be approximately $16 million.
OTTAWA — A ban on advertising sexual services takes effect Saturday as part of the federal government's new prostitution laws — but at least one of Canada's leading independent newspapers says it plans to defy it.
Ceremonies are underway today to mark the 25th anniversary of the Montreal Massacre where 14 women were shot to death at the Ecole Polytechnique.
TORONTO — More than 60 organizations and agencies from across the country are calling for the non-enforcement and repeal of new prostitution laws that came into force on Saturday.
VANCOUVER — The destruction of as many as 80,000 birds at four poultry farms in British Columbia's Fraser Valley has begun in the effort to stem the spread of avian flu.
A sexual-assault conviction that prosecutors in British Columbia have acknowledged was a "miscarriage of justice" has been overturned by the province's highest court.