Travis Vader

• 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
  
• 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.

  Crime

  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.

  Crime

  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.

  Crime

  Nov 30, 2018
• Travis Vader to appeal manslaughter conviction in the fall

  Travis Vader was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to life in prison in the deaths of St. Albert couple Lyle and Marie McCann in early 2017.

  Crime

  Aug 22, 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.

  Canada

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• Bret McCann and Alberta MP frustrated feds haven’t removed outdated parts of Criminal Code

  The son of slain St. Albert seniors Lyle and Marie McCann is once again urging the federal government to get rid of an outdated section of the Criminal Code.

  Canada

  Oct 18, 2017
• Bob Layton editorial: Zombie laws

  Do governments ever move quickly on anything?

  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
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• 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