A man found guilty of manslaughter in the 2017 death of a man northeast of Edmonton has received a five-year sentence. 

A judge and 13 jurors heard evidence on Day 1 of a three-week trial connected to the deaths of 40-year-old Jason Williams and 39-year-old Terrance Sutton.

Fort Saskatchewan RCMP have charged a 36-year-old man with two counts of second-degree murder in connection with a double homicide that took place in the central Alberta village of Chipman.