Lyle And Marie 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.

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  Dec 12, 2019
  
• Travis Vader ‘needs to accept his sentence’ as SCOC refuses to hear appeal: Bret McCann

  The Supreme Court of Canada says it will not hear an appeal from Travis Vader, who is convicted of killing elderly St. Albert, Alta. couple Lyle and Marie McCann.

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  Dec 5, 2019
  
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• Travis Vader’s appeal for a new trial dismissed

  The man convicted in the deaths of St. Albert couple Lyle and Marie McCann has had his request for a new trial denied.

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  May 17, 2019
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• Lawyers ask for new trial for Travis Vader in deaths of missing Alberta couple

  Lawyers for a man convicted of killing two missing Alberta seniors have asked for a new trial.

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  Nov 30, 2018
• 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.

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  May 31, 2018
• ‘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
• Travis Vader to appeal manslaughter conviction and life sentence

  Travis Vader's lawyer filed a notice of appeal Friday. The document explains the defence is appealing Vader's manslaughter conviction and life sentence.

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  Jan 27, 2017
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• 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.

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  Jan 25, 2017
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• 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