Morning Update: Former NHLer Alex Formenton among Canada’s 2018 world junior players facing charges over sexual-assault allegations


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Good morning, Former National Hockey League player Alex Formenton turned himself in to police in London, Ont., on Sunday morning to face a charge of sexual assault in connection with allegations that five members of Canada’s 2018 world junior team attacked a woman in a hotel. Mr. Formenton, who had been playing in Switzerland until he took a leave of absence from his club last week for “personal reasons,” arrived at police headquarters flanked by high-profile criminal defence lawyers Daniel Brown and Lindsay Board. The Globe and Mail reported last week that, according to two sources, London police have instructed...