Serial killer Robert Pickton in critical condition after prison assault

Convicted B.C. serial killer Robert Pickton is in critical condition after he was the victim of a “major assault” in a Quebec prison, the Correctional Service of Canada said in a statement. Pickton is serving a life sentence after being convicted in 2007 of six counts of second-degree murder in the deaths of six women who disappeared from Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Read more: »»» Subscribe to CBC News to watch more videos: Connect with CBC News Online: For breaking news, video, audio and in-depth coverage: Follow CBC News on TikTok: Follow CBC News on Twitter: Find CBC News on Facebook: Follow CBC News on Instagram: Subscribe to CBC News on Snapchat: Download the CBC News app for iOS: Download the CBC News app for Android: »»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»» For more than 80 years, CBC News has been the source Canadians turn to, to keep them informed about their communities, their country and their world. Through regional and national programming on multiple platforms, including CBC Television, CBC News Network, CBC Radio, , mobile and on-demand, CBC News and its internationally recognized team of award-winning journalists deliver the breaking stories, the issues, the analyses and the personalities that matter to Canadians.