parole board

• Alberta family pleads and petitions to keep BC mass murderer behind bars

  A man convicted of murdering six people in 1982 could get day parole. David Shearing (Ennis) plans to live in the Calgary area.

  Canada

  Apr 1, 2021
  
• Convicted B.C. gangster Jarrod Bacon released from prison again

  Bacon, a former member of the Red Scorpions and one of the Bacon Brothers' gang was imprisoned in 2012 on drug charges.

  Crime

  Mar 19, 2021
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• Former Okanagan cop convicted of killing spouse receives extension for escorted prison absences

  This month, the Parole Board of Canada ruled that Keith Gregory Wiens can continue leaving his Ontario prison for up to 40 hours per month.

  Crime

  Feb 16, 2021
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• Alberta creates provincial parole board to handle eligibility, conditions, repeat offenders

  Alberta joins Quebec and Ontario with parole boards for provincial offenders, who are convicted of offences that draw less than two years in prison.

  Crime

  Jan 28, 2021
• Parole board decision notes Allan Legere planned escape in year of murder conviction

  The 72-year-old convicted murderer, rapist and arsonist escaped from custody on May 3, 1989, while serving a life sentence for murder during a 1986 robbery.

  Canada

  Jan 20, 2021
• Bid by Allan Legere for parole prompts debate over whether release laws need review

  The 72-year-old convicted serial murderer, rapist and arsonist escaped from custody on May 3, 1989, while serving a life sentence for the murder of a store owner.

  Canada

  Jan 14, 2021
• Full parole denied for drunk driver who killed members of Van de Vorst family

  A Parole Board of Canada decision said Catherine McKay would pose an undue risk to society if granted full parole.

  Crime

  Dec 23, 2020
• Former Montreal university professor who killed four colleagues in 1992 denied parole

  The board says releasing him would present an undue risk to society, noting that after 28 years since he was imprisoned, Fabrikant does not recognize he hurt innocent people.

  Crime

  Dec 16, 2020
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• Toronto woman who killed stepson in 1998 denied day parole

  Marcia Dooley sought to be released to a halfway house roughly 10 months after she was granted four unescorted, five-day absences from prison to help prepare her for life in the community.

  Crime

  Nov 18, 2020
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• Fake RCMP decals made months before Nova Scotia shooting

  According to the parole board documents, the decals were made without permission of the owner of the business.

  Canada

  Aug 20, 2020