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Hard Numbers: An alleged serial killer, FTX founder gets prison time, Canada’s growing population, Obama and Clinton boost Biden's campaign

March 28, 2024
John Haltiwanger
​Members of the local indigenous community, activists, and their supporters gather in memory of missing and murdered indigenous women and girls on March 8, 2023, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Members of the local indigenous community, activists, and their supporters gather in memory of missing and murdered indigenous women and girls on March 8, 2023, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
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40 million: Ottawa and Manitoba’s provincial government have collectively pledged roughly C$40 million ($29.5 million) toward searching a landfill for the remains of two indigenous women thought to have been murdered by an accused serial killer. The alleged killer, Jeremy Skibicki, is believed to have dumped the bodies of at least two victims — Morgan Harris and Marcedes Myran — in Winnipeg’s Prairie Green landfill. Human rights groups have repeatedly raised alarm about violence against indigenous women in Canada.

25: FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Thursday for stealing billions of dollars from customers on his cryptocurrency exchange platform. Bankman-Fried in November was convicted on seven charges of fraud and conspiracy in relation to the dramatic collapse of FTX in 2022, which has been described as one of the biggest examples of financial fraud in US history.

66: Canada experienced its fastest population growth in 66 years in 2023, largely driven by temporary immigration, according to Statistics Canada. The country’s population reached a record high of 40.77 million last year.

25 million: Former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton are lending their campaigning skills to President Joe Biden, and it appears to be paying off. Both ex-presidents appeared at a fundraiser for Biden on Thursday in New York City, helping him raise $25 million. This is a major boost to Biden, who is facing low poll numbers and relentless questions about his age as he vies for re-election in an expected rematch with former President Donald Trump.

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