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 — The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. is cutting 215 jobs in a organization of the Crown corporation, which provides mortgage loan insurance and market statistics.
The BC Coroners Service says workers at the Catalyst Paper Mill couldn't find 66-year-old Perry Thomas about a half hour after he arrived on Tuesday.
"Life will never be the same after losing my daughter to murder. Our family courts and thus we all failed #Teagan," he wrote in abbreviated social-media style.
SURREY, B.C. — A 33-year-old Randeep Singh Match has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of Tarsem Shane Dhaliwal whose body was found in a vehicle in Surrey, B.C.
QUALICUM BEACH, B.C. — Torrential rain and strong winds carried by a series of weather systems have hammered British Columbia's south coast and more is to come.
Metro Vancouver residents will soon know if there will be a regional referendum asking them to approve tax increases for new and improved transit projects.