Perth County Courthouse in Stratford, ON. (Photo by Craig Power)Opening arguments start today in the first degree murder trial of Michael Schweitzer.
A jury was selected yesterday after Schweitzer's plea of not guilty. Schweitzer is accused of the 2012 shooting death of 17-year-old Nicole Wagler. He also faces a charge of attempted murder in the shooting of a 22-year-old man the same day.
Three weeks have been set aside for the trial in Stratford.
Proceedings are expected to start at 10 a.m.
In hopes of raising awareness of the help available to sexual violence survivors, a local crisis centre has handed out stickers to over 200 businesses.
Three people are facing charges after separate incidents took place over the long weekend.
Conor Allin is officially running again, this time in Ward 8, which covers people in the southern part of Chatham.
The Toronto Blue Jays snapped the Astros' six-game winning streak with a 3-1 win in Houston Monday night.
The Toronto Blue Jays lost 5-1 to the St. Louis Cardinals in MLB action on Sunday.
A multi-million dollar Chatham fraud trial begins this week.
