Canada appears poised to enter the Paris climate conference at the end of the month offering an emissions reduction target crafted by the previous federal government.
In an incredible coincidence, Facey's own father was also born without a right hand, giving the Newfoundland couple a natural role model for their son, Kirill, to grow up with.
Lead defence lawyer Pierre Poupart reminded the 11-person jury that Turcotte's close associates had consistently described him throughout the trial as an affectionate and doting father.
Some of that will be covered this year by $16.6 million announced by the previous Conservative government during the election and $100 million coming out of an existing pool of funds to respond to international crises.
On Thursday, the university announced it had been awarded $1.6 million so that a research team can spend the next five years investigating a cure for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS.
The front-page headline that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau awoke to on Friday in Manila before his return to Canada wasn't as fawning as others about him in the Philippines.