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SENTENCING SET FOR TODAY IN LORETTA SAUNDERS MURDER
A sentencing hearing will be held in Halifax for two people who pleaded guilty to murdering Loretta Saunders, whose remains were found beside a New Brunswick highway. Blake Leggette pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and Victoria Henneberry pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of second-degree murder.
VIGIL TO PAY TRIBUTE TO SLAIN SASKATCHEWAN FAMILY
A rural Saskatchewan community will host a candlelight vigil tonight to honour a mother and her three children who were killed in a murder-suicide last week. The bodies of 27-year-old Latasha Gosling and her children – Jenika, Landen and Janayah – were found in their mobile home in Tisdale, northeast of Saskatoon.
B.C. REVIEW BOARD TO CONSIDER PARTIAL FREEDOM FOR KILLER DAD
The issue of partial freedom for a man who murdered his three children is back before a British Columbia review board today. Doctors at the psychiatric hospital where Allan Schoenborn is being held recommend he be granted escorted day outings. Schoenborn was found not criminally responsible in 2010 for the deaths of his daughter and two sons in their Merritt, B.C., home two years earlier.
CLOSING SUBMISSIONS TODAY AT DRUG TRIAL OF ROB FORD’S DRIVER
Closing submissions begin today in Toronto at the drug trial of former mayor Rob Ford’s driver. Alexander Lisi and co-accused Jamshid Bahrami are charged with cannabis trafficking. Lisi is also charged with possession of a small quantity of marijuana while Bahrami is charged with cocaine possession. They have pleaded not guilty.
LITTLE EVIDENCE CANADIAN PRISONS ARE BREEDING TERRORISTS
Research by the Correctional Service of Canada suggests federal prisons are not the hotbeds of radical extremism some make them out to be. And, it says compared to other inmates, radicalized offenders are more likely to have moderate-to-high potential for rejoining society. The preliminary findings emerge from an ongoing, multi-year study by the prison service and Defence Research and Development Canada.
JORDAN’S KIND ABDULLAH ll VISITS CANADA TODAY
King Abdullah II of Jordan will visit Ottawa today – his third Canadian visit since his ascension to the throne in February 1999. Jordan and Canada are among the allies conducting bombing missions against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant targets inside Syria. Jordan has also borne a heavy load from Syria’s civil war, now in its fifth year, and is home to an estimated 625,0
