Four stories in the news for Tuesday, Feb. 5——BRUCE McARTHUR SENTENCING HEARING CONTINUESA sentencing hearing continues today for Bruce McArthur, a serial killer who preyed on men from Toronto’s gay village for years before he was arrested. He pleaded guilty last week to eight counts of first-degree murder. ——THREE WORKERS DIE IN CANADIAN PACIFIC DERAILMENTOfficials with the Transportation Safety Board will provide a briefing in Calgary this morning on the train derailment near Field, B.C., that killed three Canadian Pacific crew members. The westbound Canadian Pacific freight jumped the tracks early Monday, and a union representative says it fell more than 60 metres from a bridge and into the Kicking Horse River. Curtis Wayne Sagmoen was initially charged with assault causing bodily harm but pleaded guilty to the lesser charge Monday in provincial court in Port Coquitlam.

Source: National Post February 05, 2019 09:11 UTC