That Winnipeg man, found guilty of shooting and wounding a city cop, during a drug raid, is now gonna apply to have his conviction tossed out. 23 year old Daniell Anderson’s lawyer is arguing that, police used excessive force to arrest him, violating his charter rights. A hearing on that motion will now be held January 14th.
A rookie Mountie has been accused of sexual assaulting a 17 year old girl from the Bloodvein First Nation. As a result, the RCMP have now suspended 24 year old Ben Neufeldt. Neufeldt remains free on bail and will appear in Winnipeg court at the end of January.
A Winnipeg businessman whose voice mail system was hacked, is now on the hook for 52 thousand bucks worth of phone calls to Bulgaria. Alan Davison, owner of HUB Computer Solutions, says if he has to pay the bill, due January 2nd, he’ll have to lay off workers. An MTS spokesperson says generally, the company will accept responsibility if fraud involves their equipment, but, unfortunately for Davison, his company owns the phone system.
Reports this morning say, merger talks are back on between struggling automakers Chrysler and General Motors. The news comes a day after both Chrysler and Ford announced they’re extending customary holiday shutdowns because of weak demand.
And, if all goes according to plan, the Toronto stock exchange should be back in business this morning. Yesterday, was the first time ever that trading on the TSX got halted for an entire day because of a technical glitch. The outage is being blamed on data feeds that got interrupted.
