Unpublished Newswire

A B.C. man originally given house arrest after admitting to drugging, sexually assaulting and taking nude photos of his blacked out sister-in-law will now spend time in a federal prison. So ruled an appeals court judge, who overturned a provincial court decision from earlier this year that allowed Fort St. John veterinarian Justin Donald Sewell to serve his 33-month conditional sentence concurrently at home. In a ruling supported by two of her peers, appeals court justice Lisa Warren said the sentencing judge made an error in principle by failing to take into account the seriousness...

It is a major step in a long process which will allow provincial transit agency Metrolinx to add more rails to the existing route so passenger and freight trains can run together.