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
Prime Minister Stephen Harper concluded the free trade agreement with South Korea Tuesday, marking Canada's first free trade agreement with an Asian country.
The talks have been taking rounds since 2005 and were stalled in 2008, but it seems that Canada is just on the verge of signing a free trade agreement with South Korea. Prime Minister Stephen Harper who is on a trip to South Korea is expected to complete another round of free-trade negotiations.
A former mountie has been arrested after the RCMP recorded sexual assaults on eight teenagers that occurred in the 1970s and early 1980s spanning over three provinces- Alberta, BC and Saskatchewan.
A new report finds that consumption of energy drinks among teenagers may be linked with poor mental health and substance abuse
Staples Inc. has announced its decision to shut 225 stores across North America as a decision to cut costs.
Manmeet Bhullar, Indian origin human services minister of the Canadian province of Alberta, has announced a CAD100,000 (nearly $90,000) grant to help sexually abused Indo-Canadian children in the city of Calgary.