Toronto Men Convicted of Second-Degree Murder
Two men have been convicted in Toronto of murdering a woman who came to that city from Winnipeg.
The body of 23-year-old Leanne Freeman was found in Toronto's Port Lands area in November of 2011.
She'd been shot five times.
A jury Saturday found Jonathan Ash and Robert Beauregard guilty of second-degree murder.
Court was told that Ash, Beauregard and Freeman all used crystal meth.
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Historic Manitoba Home Destroyed by Fire
A fire has destroyed a large, century-old home in a Manitoba community.
Fire Chief Steve Bjornson of the Glenboro-South Cypress Fire Department says the home in Glenboro once served as a hospital.
A man had been maintaining it while the owner was in Jamaica, and was able to escape the blaze.
The cause of the fire is still unknown.
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Parkland Corporation Looking to Build Buckwheat Mill
A buckwheat mill is in the works for Ethelbert.
Parkland Mill Group president Pauline Fonder says they're hoping to be in operation for harvest of 2016.
"It won't take long to put the mill up. What's taking long is getting the investment -- getting the investors' attention, right? You can't show them a feasibility study. They want to see how they're going to make money."
The province announced Friday it is giving $40,000 to the Parkland Mill group.
Fonder says a feasibility study has been done and the money will go to finalizing a business plan.
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MLK Day
American civic leaders and activists are marking the 30th anniversary of the Martin Luther King Jr. federal holiday.
In Washington, U-S President Barack Obama and the first lady plan to take part in a community service program in King's honour.
And in South Carolina, civil rights leaders will march to their state capitol, where this year, the Confederate flag is no longer on Statehouse grounds.
