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Toronto neurosurgeon charged in death of his wife denied bail
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In this courtroom sketch, Toronto neurosurgeon Mohammed Shamji, 40, makes a video appearance before Justice of the Peace Stephen Weisberg and Crown Prosecutor Liz Stokes, right, in court in Toronto, on Dec. 20, 2016.Alexandra Newbould/The Canadian Press

A Toronto neurosurgeon charged with first-degree murder in the death of his wife has been denied bail.

Dr. Mohammed Shamji, 41, showed little emotion as he sat in a Toronto courtroom on Wednesday.

Shamji worked at Toronto Western Hospital and was a faculty member at the University of Toronto.

He was charged in December 2016 in the death of his wife, Dr. Elana Fric-Shamji.

The 40-year-old woman, a family physician at Scarborough Hospital, was last seen on Nov. 30.

Her strangled and beaten body was later found in a suitcase by a roadside north of Toronto.

Police have said the couple, who were married for 12 years, had three young children.

As Ontario reports a 19 per cent rise in opioid-related deaths in 2016, the province is announcing a further $222 million to combat the crisis. Health Minister Eric Hoskins calls the funding increase “unprecedented.”

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