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A judge has granted an acquittal to two First Nations men convicted of killing a restaurant worker in Winnipeg a half-century ago. Chief Justice Glenn Joyal of the Court of King’s Bench told Brian Anderson and Allan Woodhouse that they are innocent and deserve acquittals, resulting in an eruption of …

As Brian Anderson and Allan Woodhouse emerged from the law courts in downtown Winnipeg Tuesday afternoon, a crowd erupted in applause. Only moments before, the two were acquitted of killing Ting Fong Chan, a restaurant worker who was stabbed to death in 1973 near a downtown construction site. “Life is …