Bret McCann

• Alberta’s high court upholds Travis Vader’s life sentence for killing Lyle and Marie McCann

  Travis Vader was convicted of manslaughter in the deaths of St. Albert couple Lyle and Marie McCann, who vanished west of Edmonton on a camping trip.

  Crime

  Dec 12, 2019
  
• St Albert MP predicts more months of delays in erasing ‘zombie laws’

  The Criminal Code clean-up legislation that Bret McCann asked for in December 2016 has been rolled into another bill in Ottawa and the MP for St. Albert complains it's still months away from happening.

  Canada

  May 31, 2018
  
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• Bret McCann and Alberta MP frustrated feds haven’t removed outdated parts of Criminal Code

  The son of slain St. Albert seniors Lyle and Marie McCann is once again urging the federal government to get rid of an outdated section of the Criminal Code.

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  Oct 18, 2017
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• ‘They just loved each other so much’: St. Albert sculpture honours Lyle and Marie McCann

  A sculpture of two loons honouring Lyle and Marie McCann was unveiled at the Grandin Pond Eco Park in St. Albert, Alta. on Sunday.

  Canada

  Oct 15, 2017
• Federal justice minister moves to end ‘zombie laws,’ clean up Criminal Code

  The federal government is expected to introduce legislation Wednesday that will clean up so-called “zombie laws” in the Criminal Code.

  Canada

  Mar 8, 2017
• Following Travis Vader verdict, victims’ son calls out Ottawa for ‘zombie laws’

  A man whose parents vanished in 2010 took the federal government to task Wednesday for failing to strip the Criminal Code of unconstitutional "zombie laws" like the one that turned Travis Vader's conviction from murder to manslaughter.

  Canada

  Jan 25, 2017
• Travis Vader gets life sentence for killing Lyle and Marie McCann

  After more than six years in the courts, Travis Vader was handed a single life sentence in prison for the deaths of Lyle and Marie McCann. Vader was previously convicted of two counts of manslaughter for killing the St. Albert couple.

  Crime

  Jan 25, 2017
• Convicted killer Travis Vader to be sentenced Jan. 25

  Convicted killer Travis Vader will learn his fate on Wednesday, Jan. 25, when Justice Denny Thomas is set to deliver his decision in the high-profile case.

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  Jan 4, 2017
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• Bret McCann calls for changes to Criminal Code following Travis Vader verdict

  Bret McCann, the son of Lyle and Marie McCann, is calling on the federal government to make changes to remove inoperative and unconstitutional sections of the Criminal Code.

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  Dec 21, 2016
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• Travis Vader manslaughter sentencing hearing enters 2nd week

  The sentencing hearing for Travis Vader, the Alberta man found guilty of killing an elderly Edmonton-area couple six years ago, enters its second week on Monday.

  Crime

  Dec 19, 2016