An Alberta father and his son have been found guilty in the deaths of two Métis hunters who were gunned down on a rural road in March 2020. Anthony Bilodeau was convicted of second-degree murder in Maurice Cardinal’s killing, and of manslaughter in the death of Jacob Sansom, who was Cardinal’s nephew. Bilodeau’s father, Roger, was convicted of two counts of manslaughter. Breanna Karstens-Smith explains how the crime unfolded, and why the victims’ family says they had to fight off racism while fighting for justice.
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