Jury convicts one man of murder, another of manslaughter in killing of Calgary chef
CBC
A Calgary jury has convicted two men in the death of a local chef who was killed during a botched robbery.
After hearing more than five weeks of evidence, jurors spent two full days deliberating over the weekend.
Anthony Dodgson and Tommy Holloway were on trial for second-degree murder in the March 2020 fatal attack on Christophe Herblin.
Dodgson has been found guilty of second-degree murder while Holloway was found guilty of the lesser offence of manslaughter.
A date for a sentencing hearing will be set later this month.
Longtime executive chef at the Glencoe Golf and Country Club, Herblin was weeks from opening Croque Saveurs, a French bistro on Bow Trail.
The bistro shared a wall with Spiritleaf, a cannabis store with a history of break-ins.
The night of the killing, Herblin responded to a business alarm around 3 a.m.
Hours later, after police had secured the site and left, Herblin was cleaning up glass when the thieves returned.
Those thieves were Dodgson, Holloway and a woman identified throughout the trial as AB.
AB was the Crown's key witness, testifying against her former friends.
Dodgson admitted to stabbing Herblin outside the bistro after he and Holloway smashed the windows of the victim's car.
But Dodgson's lawyer argued there was no plan and no intent to murder the chef. Tonii Roulston argued her client should be convicted of the lesser offence of manslaughter.
Holloway's lawyer Kim Ross asked the jury for an outright acquittal, arguing there was no evidence his client had any part in the attack on Herblin.
Liberal leadership hopeful Mark Carney says he'd run a deficit to 'invest and grow' Canada's economy
Liberal leadership hopeful Mark Carney confirmed Sunday that a federal government led by him would run a deficit "to invest and grow" Canada's economy, but it would also balance its operational spending over the next three years.
The St. Anthony, N.L., Boys and Girls club is "starting to dream about what's possible to make the community even stronger" after its building was destroyed by a fire, said national CEO Owen Charters.
Groundhog Day: The Musical, based on the 1993 Bill Murray film, is having its Canadian premiere in Sudbury., following stints in London and New York.
A vacant north-end Halifax building that was previously described as an "immediate safety risk" by a fire inspector caught fire early Sunday.
This is part of a series called Ann's Eye, featuring the work of Ann Paul, a Wolastoqey content creator. You can see more Ann's Eye pieces by clicking here.
Olivier Soumis's green canvas tent sits in the middle of the frozen St. Lawrence River, providing a stark pop of colour against the muted tones of the snow and the open water in the distance.
A debate over how to adjudicate Treaty 4 rights was at the core of a federal court hearing in Manitoba this week.
Kael Flynn is the scion of a Saskatoon fashion dynasty, but the 22-year-old is more concerned with perfecting his curveball than selling suits.
The Regina Humane Society celebrated its first year in its new building on Saturday.
Beekeepers in Alberta's Peace region are watching nervously as the threat of a trade war looms.
In a world of shrinking margins and shuttered breweries, the last thing the craft beer industry in British Columbia needs is a tariff pushing up the price of the humble beer can.
Hamilton and the surrounding area is under a winter storm warning as up to 25 centimetres of snow is expected to accumulate Sunday, says Environment Canada.
With snow hammering Toronto overnight Saturday, Environment Canada is warning that the heaviest snowfall is still to come and travel conditions could "rapidly deteriorate" Sunday morning.