A New Brunswick man accused of kidnapping a woman has said he knew her previously, contrary to the woman’s testimony that she had no idea who he was.

The woman, who cannot be named, said she was abducted at knifepoint on February 26 2010 in the parking lot of a mall by Romeo Cormier, 63, held captive in his house for a month and repeatedly sexually assaulted.

 The weekend of celebration took a turn for the worse as nine people died in a span of forty-eight hours in Quebec's highways.

A Surete du Quebec spokesperson says many of the crashes may have been caused by drunk drivers.

A twenty-three-year-old man died on Friday after a head-on crash in Trois Rivieres. On the same night, a speeding accident in St. Pamphile killed an eighteen-year-old driver. An accident involving a motorcyle and a separate crash between a scooter and a taxi also took place that night.

An unforgiving German side faced off against a valiant Canadian squad Sunday in the opener of the Women’s World Cup. Germany won the game 2-1 in front of a capacity crowd in Berlin’s Olimpiastadion. Almost 74,000 people were in attendance.

Germany scored both goals in the first half of the game. It took a free kick from Canadian captain Christine Sinclair late in the game to close the gap,  but it was not enough to beat the two-time defending champions.

It was, however, the first time the German side has allowed a goal in the World Cup since 2003.