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Article content A Brantford man, who is has assaulted several women, was sentenced to time served, plus a further 51 days in jail, when he appeared in Ontario Court recently. John James Maracle, 37, pleaded guilty to assault causing bodily harm. He originally was charged with more serious offences from a July 2019 incident where he beat a woman with a one-litre water bottle. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Man sentenced for assaults on two women Back to video Just over a year later, Maracle was charged with assaulting another woman after he brok...

Hear cases quote unquote fairly because of his membership in the knights. >> and patrick abbott is the financial secretary of the d.c. chapter of the knights of columbus. he joins us now. welcome, patrick. >> good morning. >> this isn't the first time that we've seen that. senator dianne feinstein suggested that one was too catholic to be a judge. where is this going and are catholics going to be able to serve in the public square at least as far as the democrats are concerned? >> we certainly hope so. our national supreme headquarters released a statement. and as a counsel, especially the one...

they didn't even exist ten years ago? >> brookings is right. but it's interesting to watch the evolutionary examiner now as it was won't exist very soon. this summer they'll switch -- toying with a new format. politico changing a lot since it began. media bistro. hard to remain the same. but the future of blogs is up for debate. but just in the, i don't know in the seven years i've been doing it even with the job they've been out there, a lot of transformation. >> what is fish bowl. why did you work there? >> fish bowl is out of new york. they cover the media world. they have specifi...

covering markups. i'm doing a story, some of which are not fun. covering the stories off of the beaten track and doing ne-on-one interviews about politico. they're about their lives, interesting, colorful stories taking place around town. >> what is politico? a website and paper started five years ago. 5 bare knuckle staff. allen, they've now grown into a very large news operation based out of rozland. politico politico and pro, a subscription site. beat is very much to over politics obsessively and comprehensively. it's a narrow beat. organizations have to cover and they have to cov...