It came as no surprise — from the start of the hearing, Eaton Centre killer Christopher Husbands was told that he wasn’t going to be released on any kind of parole or unaccompanied absence from Collins Bay prison.

There was some mysterious confidential “security intelligence information” that had come to light about the 36-year-old prisoner in late 2024 that put the kibosh on any parole because his risk is considered “unmanageable” — but what it was about couldn’t be disclosed.

“I actually have no idea what that is about,” Husbands told the parole board. “I had a thought that there could have been one incident, but I feel like I know that I didn’t do anything wrong.”

Dressed in a blue pullover and jeans, the eloquent but nervous inmate began his hearing that while he knew his chances we

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