A decision a decade and a half ago to establish her business in Saskatoon’s Riversdale neighbourhood has paid off in a big way for Christie Peters. The Saskatoon business owner and chef says the location appealed to her because of its proximity to the river, and that it was up and coming area.

“And I had seen other restaurants in Vancouver that I worked at succeed very well in areas like Gastown, and I thought this would be a great time to try a restaurant as a young person where I could actually afford the rent,” said Peters. “So, we gave it a shot with the Hallows in 2011 in the old Golden Dragon building.”

The Hallows remained open until the building was torn down nine years later. Fortunately, she said a new building for Primal had already been acquired. Primal opened in 2015 and has since become a nationally recognized place to dine in Canada, cracking the top 100 restaurants in Canada recognized by Open Table, in 2021. Pop Wine Bar, which is right across the street, followed in 2022.

With all the success she has enjoyed, Peters said she is very proud to have been invited to the fermentation lab in Copenhagen, which was the best restaurant in the world at the time of her visit.

She was also invited to be a judge on the Wall of Chefs, something she called an incredible experience.

“When I moved to Vancouver, my first chef was Chef Rob Feenie and he had his own show at the time, I when I ended up at Wall of Chefs, I was sitting right next to Rob Fenny. So, it had all come full circle. It was great to have a friend there, and it was just a real special moment for me,” Peters said.

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The Alberta government is reducing education property taxes starting next year, after it brought in successive hikes for ratepayers.

It means home and farmland owners will pay almost seven per cent less than this year while non-residential property owners will pay almost five per cent less.

Premier Danielle Smith said the new rate will be frozen for three years so municipalities can plan with certainty.

She said it will mean almost $100 million in savings for taxpayers in the first year.

Municipalities collect the education property tax from all property owners in the province but don’t control the rates.

In Edmonton, the education portion accounts for approximately 30 per cent of the total property tax amount.

The announcement comes after blowback from municipal leaders, particularly in Calgary, after previous provincial budgets boosted education property taxes.

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HOUSTON (AP) — A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer accused of intentionally ramming his car into a Mexican construction worker in Houston was indicted by a grand jury Friday on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, prosecutors said.

The officer, Mario Alberto Morales, was driving an unmarked SUV on Oct. 10 when he struck and ran over Miguel Parra Hernandez, 48, who was running away during a pursuit through a parking lot, according to the Harris County District Attorney’s Office. Parra Hernandez broke his leg and remains in federal custody at a rehabilitation facility, said District Attorney Sean Teare, who announced the indictment at a news conference that included body camera video of the encounter and a recording of Morales calling 911.

ICE has asserted that Parra Hernandez ran in front of the vehicle, an account that Teare said is contradicted by video.

“The evidence we have in this case is as clear as any that I’ve ever prosecuted or investigated,” Teare said.

Morales, 33, is one of just a few federal officers who have faced criminal charges over their actions on the job during President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, although other encounters have come under investigation, including a fatal shooting by an ICE officer this summer in Houston.

Morales’ attorney, David Lindenmuth, said his client did not commit a crime. He and ICE both said Morales did not intentionally strike Parra Hernandez and accused the Democratic district attorney of indicting Morales for political reasons.

“Mr. Morales is truly a good man, a former member of our military, that has given his entire life to public service either for his country or in or adjacent to law enforcement,” Lindenmuth told The Associated Press. “To have him charged for what was so clearly just an accident — the DA’s office, the DA himself, has invented a crime out of thin air.”

Teare hinted at concerns over Morales’ background but would not provide details.

Morales had worked as an ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations officer for a little more than a year, Lindenmuth said.

Morales, who is charged with a second-degree felony, was not in custody Friday and a warrant will be issued for his arrest, according to Teare.

 

Parra Hernandez has lived in Harris County for more than 30 years and did not have a deportation order or criminal background, according to Teare.

He was in a vehicle that ICE tried to stop he jumped out and was followed by Morales, who was in a Jeep Cherokee. Previously released surveillance video shows the Jeep speed over a median and drive toward Parra Hernandez as he runs away.

Morales’ body camera footage that Teare played Friday shows the officer making a few sharp moves with the steering wheel before the SUV shakes. Morales stops the vehicle, then gets out and turns toward Parra Hernandez, who is several feet away. Parra Hernandez is on the ground and grabbing his leg, yelling in pain.

Morales is heard saying, “He got hit with a car, bro.” It is not clear to whom he is talking.

“I was coming in and I hit him with the car,” Morales says after another ICE officer arrives.

In a 911 audio recording in which Morales requests an ambulance, Parra Hernandez can be heard yelling. Morales tells the operator, “He’s fine. He’s just complaining of pain.”

Parra Hernandez told deputies that he believed a police officer was stopping the vehicle he was in but got scared and fled when the man started putting on a mask.

He repeatedly told deputies that Morales “threw the car at me,” according to a Harris County Sheriff’s Office incident report reviewed by the AP.

Morales told deputies he did not intentionally hit Parra Hernandez. He acknowledged that he did not brake before hitting Parra Hernandez and said he was trying to avoid another truck in the parking lot.

Body camera video indicated that Morales had two other suspects in custody in his backseat, according to the report. But the deputy wrote that Morales told them there was no one else inside.

“From the beginning the video told a different story than what was offered by the agency,” Parra Hernandez’s attorney, Kim Bruno, said Friday, adding that her client has suffered not just fractures in his leg, but nerve damage and chronic pain.

Other aspects of ICE’s account have also been called into question.

After Parra Hernandez was taken into custody, ICE released a photo of another man, Jose Mendoza-Cervantes, and said he was the target of the operation that day. ICE said he was seen entering a vehicle with Parra Hernandez. Family members of Parra Hernandez said they had never heard of him. FIEL, an immigrant rights group in Houston that has been working with the family, said Mendoza-Cervantes’ daughter told them her father has been dead since 2017.

Teare’s office has previously said its investigation has not found that Parra Hernandez and the man ICE identified as Mendoza-Cervantes were in a vehicle together, contrary to ICE’s statement.

ICE has not responded to claims that the suspect they were looking for has been dead for years.

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A high-profile separatist leader has been kicked out of the United Conservative Party.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith told reporters in Calgary on Friday that the party’s executive director made the decision to revoke Jeffrey Rath’s membership over code of conduct issues.

It’s a decision she supports, Smith said, calling Rath “somebody whose objective and mission is to turn us into something we are not.”

Smith says her United Conservatives must support the party’s decision, adding anyone in party ranks who still wants to stump for separation needs to find a new political home.

“He has said publicly things like he wants to come to the (annual general meeting) to turn the UCP into an independence party — and we are not an independence party,” Smith said.

“The objective of the party is to get re-elected.”

Rath, a vocal critic of Smith and the UCP, said Friday the decision made him laugh and proves points he’s been making for some time now.

“It’s probably the worst thing that they could do,” Rath told Global News.

“I mean you know, we’ve been criticizing Danielle Smith for behaving like a Stalinist dictator and her response is to behave like a Stalinist dictator and throw me out of the party. So it’s pretty funny to be honest, right?”

Rath said it was another “questionable political choice” by the premier.

Rath has been a key figure in the province’s independence movement and a harsh critic of the premier.

He has been calling for Smith’s resignation over her support of Alberta staying in Canada and has been working to try to force a vote on her leadership at the party’s AGM at the end of November in Calgary.

“I’m basically, as far as I’m concerned, being thrown out of the party because they don’t want me coming to the UCP AGM in Calgary this year, which is my hometown, and embarrassing Danielle,” he said.

Rath said his ejection doesn’t change things.

“If they think that it’s gonna stop people within the party from campaigning for a leadership review and removing her as leader, they just probably poured a whole bunch of gasoline on the fire,” he said.

On Friday afternoon, Rath posted to his social media screenshots of what appeared to be an email from the party’s executive director informing him of the decision.

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The issue surrounds the decision by three-quarters of Alberta voters in last week’s referendum to stay in Canada rather than hold a second referendum on leaving Confederation.

Smith called the referendum. She said it was necessary to quell a growing debate in Alberta over its role in Confederation. Critics said there was never such a groundswell of separatist sentiment and that Smith called the vote to appease UCP separatists and keep her job.

Smith said she voted to stay in Canada.

After the referendum, she promised there wouldn’t be another separation vote while she’s premier. She said the referendum had settled the debate.

She also urged in-house separatists to find a new home.

The United Conservative Party, in confirming the news, told Global News while it doesn’t normally speak to internal membership matters, the facts of Rath’s ejection were already made public.

“Jeff Rath’s membership in the United Conservative Party was revoked for cause on October 29, effective immediately,” said a statement Friday from UCP director of communications Dave Prisco.

“His actions and words made clear that he did not support the UCP or its objectives. The decision was made under Article 7 of the party’s Membership Rules and Procedures because of his public conduct toward the party and its leader.”

Rath said he has sent a letter telling the party he intends to appeal the decision, although he suspects it is unlikely to succeed.

“They say I’m being removed from membership for cause. So, I’ve ask them to particularize the cause and then we’ll take it forward from there,” Rath said.

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With files from Jack Farrell, The Canadian Press

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Toronto police have charged the driver of a truck that struck and killed a traffic agent at the edge of Thorncliffe Park on Thursday.

Global News has learned the person man was employed as a third-party driver for Metrolinx.

On Friday afternoon, the Toronto police said in a new release that a 33-year-old man from Brampton had been arrested and charged with careless driving causing death.

The collision happened Thursday around 9:02 a.m. at the intersection of Millwood Rd. and Overlea Blvd. after a Kenworth dump truck struck the 44-year-old traffic agent. Life-saving measures were performed, but the man died at the scene.

As a memorial continues to grow, including messages from residents thanking the traffic agent for keeping them safe, questions are also on the rise. Several sources have confirmed the driver of the dump truck was a sub-contractor with Metrolinx, which is working on the Ontario Line in the area.

Councillor Rachel Chernos Lin who represents the ward, said in a statement that there have been ongoing traffic concerns in the area, particularly related to truck movement and construction-related traffic around the Ontario Line project. Chernos Lin said her office has repeatedly raised concerns and pushed for safety measures to be made by Metrolinx and city staff.

“It is imperative that we understand the circumstances surrounding this tragic incident,” she said. “We will be pushing for an urgent review of what additional measures can be implemented to improve safety at this and other nearby intersections.”

Ontario’s Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria told Global News that his ministry is cooperating with police during the investigation.

“This is an absolutely unfortunate incident, but we would absolutely review this and implement any further policies and procedures that would mitigate against any future incidents such as this,” he said.

This isn’t the first time a truck with ties to the Ontario Line has been involved in a pedestrian related collision.

In February 2025, another dump truck driven by another Metrolinx sub-contractor seriously injured a woman near the Pape Avenue and Mortimer Avenue prompting calls for the transit agency to review its safety plans.

Sarkaria said Friday that several measures were implemented following the 2025 incident.

Councillor Paula Fletcher, who represents the ward where the 2025 incident occurred, said not enough has been done to address the problem.

“ supposed to advise every driver that leaves every yard what the safety protocols are every day,” she said, adding that she wanted to know if that had in fact been done ahead of Thursday’s collision.

“I think those safety standards have been relaxed and they need to be tightened up so this never happens again,” Fletcher said.

In a statement, a Metrolinx spokesperson said their thoughts are with all those impacted by the incident.

“Further updates will be provided as information becomes available and in coordination with Toronto Police Services,” they said.

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B.C. Premier-designate Lorne Doerkson is about to become the new “captain” of the province and one of the issues he wants to dive into is BC Ferries.

Specifically a decision that was made last year to award a contract for new ferries to a Chinese shipyard.

“I don’t know what the deal looks like, I mean we would obviously have an interest in seeing that,” Doerkson said.

“There’s so much that we haven’t seen, but there’s a reason to look at it for the betterment of British Columbia and I’ll look at it for sure.”

BC Ferries chose Weihai Shipyards to build four new Summit-class hybrid-electric ferries, with the first delivery expected in 2029.

It prompted a wave of criticism, but BC Ferries said no Canadian shipyard bid for the project.

“The contracts have been signed and moving out of these contracts would very likely come with a contractual penalty,” Werner Antweiler, a professor at UBC’s Sauder School of Business, said.

“That is a cost that would have to be considered in addition to finding a replacement.”

A study conducted last year found that building the four ferries in B.C. would have generated an additional $1.5 billion in economic activity, most of it in B.C.

During the campaign, the Conservatives vowed to fix BC Ferries, but it will take much more to reshore shipbuilding in the province.

“They will have to be ready with concrete measures including a change in the mandate for BC Ferries to ensure economic development issues are part of what BC Ferries does,” Jim Stanford, an economist and director of the Centre for Future Work, said.

It is also a time of upheaval at BC Ferries.

CEO Nicholas Jimenez was dismissed just two days after the election as part of what it’s calling a “revitalization review.”

In a statement BC ferries said: “We recognize the interest in what the change in government and recent leadership transition could mean for BC Ferries, including our fleet renewal program.”

“I think the ship has probably sailed, pardon the pun, on the Summit class coming out of the Weihai Shipyards, but that’s not to say there aren’t other vessels in the BC Ferries fleet that are going to require renewal,” president of the BC Ferries and Marine Workers Union, Eric McNeely, said.

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The Supreme Court of Canada has ordered a new trial for the man behind the wheel in a crash that killed a toddler and badly injured her father.

Seyed Moshfeghi Zadeh was acquitted in 2024 of dangerous driving causing death and dangerous driving causing bodily harm.

The Supreme Court ruling describes how on July 6, 2021, Zadeh ran a red light at Smithe and Hornby and collided with a sports car before ending up on the sidewalk.

Twenty-three-month-old Ocean was in her father’s arms on that sidewalk when they were hit.

Her father, Michael Hiva, was seriously injured.

The original trial heard the lights had been red for about 20 seconds and Zadeh did not press the brakes.

Judge Kathryn Denhoff found his three-to-five-second lapse of attention did not amount to a marked departure from how a reasonable driver would have acted.

The B.C. Court of Appeal upheld the acquittals.

However, on Friday, in a five-to-four decision, Canada’s Supreme Court ruled the trial judge focused too heavily on how brief that lapse of attention was, saying “under the proper analysis, the period of inattention is a factor, not the focus.”

The five judges say Denhoff needed to consider the full picture, including the busy downtown setting and visible red lights.

“The Supreme Court of Canada has now confirmed again that momentary inattention in driving can still constitute dangerous driving when all of the surrounding circumstances are considered,” lawyer Kyla Lee, who is not affiliated with the case, said.

The four dissenting judges say Denhoff properly considered the evidence and would have upheld the acquittals.

The Crown wanted the convictions entered, but instead the court ordered a new trial.

Lee said both sides will return to court already knowing the evidence.

“The defence and the Crown both will have the benefit of the transcripts of the original trial, which the defence may be able to use to impeach witnesses if they say something differently, and Crown can use it for their preparation,” she said.

The new trial will be heard before a different judge.

No date has yet been set.

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Dru Brown will start at quarterback Saturday when the Winnipeg Blue Bombers visit the Toronto Argonauts in the East semifinal.

Brown’s status was confirmed when Winnipeg released its depth chart Friday.

The move wasn’t a surprise as incumbent Zach Collaros (ribs) was listed as questionable for the playoff game.

Brown replaced an injured Collaros in last week’s 34-10 win over the B.C. Lions, completing all 11 passes he attempted for 185 yards and two TDs.

Chad Kelly will start Saturday’s game for Toronto.

Kelly didn’t play in Toronto’s regular-season finale versus Montreal last week due to a knee injury but was a full participant in practice this week.

Kelly understands how important game management will be in the East Division semifinal but a message from home emphasized that point.

The two teams split their regular-season series 1-1 but both contests were played in Manitoba due to World Cup games being staged in southern Ontario.

This week, Kelly, of Buffalo, N.Y., signed a five-year extension with Toronto that will pay him over $1 million annually. The deal comes after the ’23 CFL outstanding player established career highs in passing yards (5,067) and TDs (33).

But Kelly, 32, also threw a CFL-high 24 interceptions, some coming when he pressed to make the big throw downfield. Kelly has continuously said this season it’s important he manage games, sustain drives and not force matters.

“I got a text from my uncle Jim this morning,” Kelly said Friday. “He said, ‘Take what the defence gives you.’

“I’ve got to make sure I come out managing the situation and knowing when I can take my shots but just trying to feel the flow of the game and get comfortable out there.”

Kelly’s uncle is none other than Jim Kelly, the Hall of Fame quarterback who guided the Buffalo Bills to four straight Super Bowl appearances in the 1990s.

Toronto averaged a CFL-best 342.5 passing yards per game and was tied with Montreal for most TD passes (39). Winnipeg’s defence allowed the fewest passing yards (272.1 per game) and completions (389) during the regular season.

But a challenge Toronto’s offence presents is a receiving corps that had four 1,000-yard performers, Damonte Coxie, Tyler Kahmann and Canadians David Ungerer III and Kevin Mital – a franchise first.

“That’s huge,” Kelly said. “You just know where they’re going to be at all times.

“Everyone has understood to run fast every play (because) you might get the ball. We just try to make sure we’re on the same page and paint the picture the way it’s supposed to be painted.”

Kahmann was named the CFL’s top rookie Friday after registering 77 catches for 1,092 yards and eight TDs.

There could be opportunities for Toronto to establish its ground game as Winnipeg was ranked eighth (117.4 yards per game) against the run. But the Argos only rushed for 72.2 yards per game, second worst in the CFL.

“Well, you’d like to think so (there be chance for Toronto to run versus Winnipeg),” said Argos head coach Mike Miller. “But it’s another thing when you hit the field and you’ve got to go out and start moving guys around and make things happen.”

The Bombers have the CFL’s fifth-ranked ground game (101.6 yards per game) but it’s spearheaded by Canadian Brady Oliveira. The Winnipeg native led the league in rushing attempts (237), yards (1,493), 100-yard games (eight) and runs of 10-plus yards (44).

Miller has a rather novel idea of how Toronto might try to slow Oliveira down.

“Try to sneak 15 guys on the field, maybe,” he said. “Hey look, I think he (Oliveira) is a future Hall of Famer.

“That offensive line is formidable just like their defensive front. That (running football) is the cornerstone of what they do for a reason. It’s a great challenge for us; one we’re looking forward to.”

Brown replaced an injured Collaros in last week’s 34-10 win over the B.C. Lions, completing all 11 passes he attempted for 185 yards and two TDs.

Both teams also have big-time kick returners who can immediately change the flow of a game.

This week, Winnipeg’s Trey Vaval was named the CFL’s top special-teams player for the second straight year, a league first after leading the way in total return yards (2,868). Toronto’s Janarion Grant had three return TDs this season, tying him with Calgary’s Tyreik McAllister for tops.

“Those two returners are unreal,” Miller said. “As we’ve seen, they can break a game wide open with the next return.

“It’s all three phases, really, that’s what it’s all about. You might have one unit that’s down or two (but) the other one has to pick everybody else up and buy time for things to kick in.”

Toronto is hosting a playoff game for the fifth time in six seasons. The Argos are 33-17-1 at home during the post-season.

This marks the 10th straight season Winnipeg is in the playoffs. But the Bombers are 24-34 as the visiting team in the post-season and last year dropped a 42-33 decision to Montreal in the East semifinal.

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VANCOUVER – The Vancouver Canucks placed forward Filip Chytil on injured reserve Friday ahead of Saturday’s game against the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs.

Chytil was hit hard by San Jose defenceman Darnell Nurse in Thursday’s 3-2 loss to the Sharks.

The 27-year-old Czech has two assists in seven games this season after missing the first eight contests with an upper-body injury.

He has played just 34 games for the Canucks since he was acquired from the New York Rangers in the J.T. Miller trade in 2024-25.

In a corresponding move, Vancouver recalled centre Jacob Quillan from Abbotsford in the American Hockey League.

Quillan was acquired alongside forward Brandon Buhr from the Maple Leafs in exchange for forward Aatu Raty on Oct. 15. The 24-year-old Quillan from Dartmouth, N.S., has five goals and two assists in five AHL games with Abbotsford this season.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 30, 2026.

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Warning: This story contains content that may be disturbing to some readers. Discretion is advised.

A 48-year-old woman came face to face with the stranger who assaulted her when she was just 16-years old, in a downtown courtroom last Thursday.

The woman’s name is covered by a court-ordered publication ban. Reading from her victim impact statement, the woman recalled the violent sexual assault that happened in the early evening on Good Friday in 1995

She told court it happened “in the safest place she knew,” as she was walking home through a schoolyard from her local hangout spot.

“I lost my innocence on that day on many levels. The things I was forced to do I never had experienced,” said the woman sobbing and wiping away tears, taking long pauses as she spoke.

“Do you know what it’s like to honestly believe you would be shot in the back while you walked away? I do. I fully and completely thought my life was going to be ended in that moment,” she added.

The mother told court, as her two children watched from the gallery, that she has suffered from panic attacks for the past three decades, still looks at strangers with distrust, and has been affected as a wife and mother.

Just minutes earlier, Leslie Richard King was found guilty of sexual assault by Superior Court Justice Brees Davies.

King, 56, was 25 at the time of the attack and pled not guilty to assault with a weapon. After an uncontested set of facts were read into the record, Superior Court Justice Brees Davies found King guilty of the lesser but included offence of sexual assault.

It’s the latest cold case solved thanks to investigative genetic genealogy (IGG) submitted by the Toronto Police Cold Case section of the Sex Crimes Unit, led by Detective Ann-Marie Tuppling.

IGG, also known as forensic genetic genealogy, is a process whereby crime scene DNA is compared to DNA from publicly uploaded genealogy databases. Once close matches are found, a genealogist will narrow down which relative in the family tree could be a suspect, based on their age and whereabouts at the time.

Assistant crown attorney Brady Donahue read out the disturbing facts detailing how the 16-year-old was violently attacked on April 14, 1995.

Donahue told court the teen was walking home when she noticed a man following her. She turned onto Queen’s Drive and the man continued to follow her.

Donahue said as the 16-year-old eventually turned into the field of Amesbury Middle School and was crossing the field when she heard the man running behind her and heard a plastic bag he was carrying flapping in the wind.

“The man overtook her and said ‘come with me’. She didn’t do as he asked,” said Donohue.

Brady said at that point, the man produced what looked like a gun from the bag and said “you better come with me.”

“When she pushed the man away, the man said, ‘You better do what I say.’ Having already seen what she thought was a gun, she did as the suspect asked,” said Donahue.

Donahue told court, reading from the facts, that the man touched the 16-year-old’s genitals before forcing her to perform oral sex.

The teen was then told to “go, get lost”. She fled the scene and ran home, telling her mother what had happened before police were called.

Later that night, the teen returned to the school grounds to show investigators where the sexual assault happened. She went to Women’s College Hospital for a sex assault kit to be performed. Her sweater was also preserved by police.

“For 29 years, the case remained unsolved,” said Donahue, who told court that thanks to the advancements of DNA, on Nov. 2, 2023, Leslie King was identified as a person of interest.

Roughly a month later, on Dec. 6, 2023, police obtained a cup King had used from a public garbage can and swabs obtained from the cup lid were sent to the Centre for Forensic Sciences (CFS). Analysis showed King could not be excluded as the source of the DNA from the 1995 sexual assault.

On Feb. 8, 2024, King was arrested. He was released on a strict house arrest bail with a GPS ankle monitor two weeks later.

On Sept. 8, 2024, a warrant was obtained for King’s DNA. That DNA was again compared to the sweater worn by the teenager on the day of the sex assault in 1995.

On Oct. 1, 2024, a biologist at CFS again found King could not be excluded as the source of male DNA on the sweater.

Donahue told court that King was living in Toronto at the time. She also said the victim’s description of her attacker as a Caucasian male, approximately six-feet tall and 25 years old with short hair and no accent is consistent with King’s physical appearance.

Court heard King sought a charter application to have the IGG evidence excluded, but that motion was dismissed.

Donahue said while King had been charged with sexual assault with a weapon, she acknowledged that the judge could not be satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt that a handgun was used.

“You can find that a weapon was used, the object the teen saw that she perceived to be a gun,” said Donahue.

King’s lawyer, Stefan Peters, did not call any evidence.

The victim told court that her sons knew from a young age “that mom had some bad things happen when she was a kid and it made her behave in different ways.”

The woman, now 48, said that as a result of the sexual assault, she never took her babies for walks in a stroller or when her children got older, to parks, unless she had another adult with her.

“It wasn’t until the detective showed up at our home a couple of years ago that they found out the extent of what happened,” said the woman who explained it has caused debilitating trauma for decades. “When this was all pushed back into the foreground of my life, the stress skyrocketed again.”

King, who remains out on bail will return to court at a later date for a sentencing hearing.

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