Just four days in, a judge has declared a mistrial and ordered a new jury be selected at the sexual assault trial of five players from Canada’s championship-winning 2018 world junior hockey team. While the decision may have caused the trial to slightly wobble, it hasn’t derailed it. A new jury panel had already assembled […]
The sexual assault trial of five former Team Canada junior hockey players won’t be back before the jury until Friday.
Evidence was to begin Wednesday morning at the high-profile trial of five members of Canada’s 2018 gold-winning world junior hockey team, who are charged with sexual assault in connection with an alleged 2018 incident at a downtown London hotel. LFP reporter Jonathan Juha has live coverage below:
First was former New Jersey Devils forward Michael McLeod. “Not guilty,” he said twice, once after hearing the charge of sexual assault and again after hearing his second charge of sexual assault as a party to the offence. Ready for his trial. He sat down. Next was former Philadelphia Flyers goaltender Carter Hart. “Not guilty.” […]
More details emerge about Thames Valley District school board's use of a damage-control consulting firm that was paid more than $225,000.
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Dean Pomerleau learned a valuable lesson shortly after buying the London Nationals. Owning the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League team doesn’t get you any breaks in kangaroo court. “I had dress shoes on and walked across the carpet,” he recalled. “There were six to eight guys there and they said you owe us 34 bucks. […]
Easton Cowan and Denver Barkey are expected back in the London Knights lineup Friday against Erie.
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Denver Barkey was one of the last cuts for last year's Canadian world junior hockey team. He gets a do-over next week.
