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Wake With Elias: Jake Virtanen’s sexual assault trial begins

Happy Tuesday.

We dig into the bad (Jake Virtanen’s sexual assault trial) and the good (Thatcher Demko’s wedding) in our morning news round-up.

Canucks News

  • The sexual assault trial against former Canuck Jake Virtanen began yesterday. The defendant, who was 18 at the time of the assault, described in detail her relationship with Virtanen, as well as the alleged rape that took place on September 26th, 2017. [CBC]

The trial is expected to last one week.

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