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
EDMONTON — New research suggests that heavy metals released from the oilsands aren't finding their way into nearby rivers.
EDMONTON — Alberta's environment minister says the province plans to use the upcoming climate change conference in Peru to discuss a uniform price for carbon across Canada and the rest of the continent.
MONTREAL — Nathalie Provost will never forget confronting gunman Marc Lepine just before he shot her four times during an armed assault that left 14 women dead at Montreal's Ecole polytechnique.
OTTAWA — The overall drop in Canada's job market last month was so small it fell within the survey's rounding error, but experts remained optimistic Friday about the country's labour prospects for the future.
A group of B.C. First Nations has joined forces in hopes of taking the reins on natural gas and mining projects in the province's resource-rich north.
Canadian officials hope an avian flu outbreak has been contained to four quarantined poultry farms in British Columbia.