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Former students abused at Calgary junior high to receive $24K to $422K each in lawsuit settlement

Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. A Calgary judge has approved payouts for more than 50 students who were abused by two …

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Canada tops Finland to claim bronze at world junior hockey championship; Sweden wins gold

Zayne Parekh didn’t have much interest in the high-water mark he had just surpassed. Despite registering the most points ever by a Canadian defenceman at a world junior hockey championship, the 19-year-old felt he hadn’t done enough. The Calgary Flames blueliner then closed his tournament with an apology. Parekh had …

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Canada trounces Slovakia 7-1 in world junior quarterfinals

Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Cole Reschny tuned into the world junior hockey championship with his family growing up. The Canadian …

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World junior trial will generate ‘big conversations’ for years as closing submissions begin

The high-profile sexual assault trial of five members of Canada’s 2018 world junior hockey team will generate “big conversations” for years to come, one advocate says, as closing submissions are set to begin. The London, Ont., trial, which has seen two juries dismissed since it began in late April, has …

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Police reopened sex assault probe into ex-world junior players so ‘loose ends were tied up,’ detective says

Detective says care taken in not ‘retraumatizing’ E.M. Ryan says she determined a followup interview with E.M., after first speaking with her on July 22, 2022, wasn’t needed because she had the 2018 police interviews on video and the Hockey Canada statement. Ryan tells the lawyer “we had everything we …

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NHLer Brett Howden briefly breaks down under questioning at trial of former world junior hockey players

WARNING: This post contains graphic details. Assistant Crown attorney Meaghan Cunnigham has said there were 18 inconsistencies in the testimony from Howden. But Carroccia ruled on Wednesday that there were only four. The first inconsistency Carroccia found involved Howden’s testimony about watching E.M., the complainant, take Alex Formenton, one of …

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Lawyers spar over Crown’s push to cross-examine NHLer witness at sex assault trial of ex-world junior players

Explanation of what the Crown is seeking The defence teams are continuing to challenge the Crown’s allegations of inconsistencies in Howden’s testimony. For an explanation of what the Crown is seeking today, we spoke with Sarah Leamon, a B.C.-based criminal defence lawyer. Leamon told CBC News that the Crown is …

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World junior players’ group chat about Hockey Canada investigation under scrutiny as ex-teammate testifies

The next day, there’s a golf tournament for the team, as has been brought up previously in this trial. E.M. has testified, for instance, that the men talked about having to get up early for the tournament. Before his testimony, Steenbergen provided group text messages to investigators and the jury …

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Woman denies defence lawyer’s suggestion she has ‘clear agenda’ for ex-world junior players’ sex assault trial

Calling the accused ‘boys’ or ‘men’ WARNING: This post contains graphic details. The fifth and final defence lawyer, Julianna Greenspan, who represents Cal Foote, is now cross-examining E.M. Foote is accused of doing the splits while naked overtop of E.M.’s face while she lay on the floor in the hotel …

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