The wife of a man charged with plotting terror strikes in Ontario grew up in Halifax as a "pretty wild child" but turned her life around when she found Islam, a close friend says. Cheryfa MacAulay Jamal, 44, was named Sherry MacAulay when she attended Cornwallis Junior High School and Queen Elizabeth High School before dropping out in Grade 10, said Wendi Petersen, her former classmate. "Islam was just the most amazing thing for her; it really turned her around," Ms. Petersen said. "She had a disastrous first marriage, she had problems with drugs and alcohol, and Islam was the...
