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
Montreal police say one of their own is being detained after alleged death threats against several people, including two minors and Municipal Affairs Minister Pierre Moreau.
SUFFIELD, Alta. — The province is targeting more elk in southeastern Alberta with the hope of reducing a growing herd that has been damaging crops around a military base.
MONTREAL — On a day when the elite of the hockey world and Canadian politics turned out to honour Jean Beliveau, it was another Montreal Canadiens star who summed it up best.
TORONTO — Canada's largest medical regulator wants to change its policies so that doctors who refuse to perform certain procedures — such as abortions — on moral grounds must refer patients to another doctor.
OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says its new housing price index rose 0.1 per cent in October, following an identical rise in September.
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