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The case against Travis Vader

The case against Travis Vader

Justice Denny Thomas decided the circumstantial evidence was just too compelling to ignore. His guilty verdict in Travis Vader's trial for the murder of St. Albert couple Lyle and Marie McCann vindicates what prosecutors were saying all along.
Police Beat

Police Beat

A pedestrian and a driver are both being charged, after a man was hit by a vehicle while crossing the road. On Wednesday Sept.
Fake guns, real cause

Fake guns, real cause

As bullets ping like hail off the hull, Andre Drouin brings his tank-like military transport to a halt. He's dead again. “We got hit by a grenade,” he explains.
Tulips to bloom for Canada's 150th birthday

Tulips to bloom for Canada's 150th birthday

Imagine a tulip, which when it is fully opened, looks like the Canadian maple leaf. The bloom is white with a red flame of glory that reaches up from the stem base with a form that closely resembles the Canadian flag.
Food banks get major boost from Red Cross

Food banks get major boost from Red Cross

Perhaps the timing couldn’t have been better. Just as the St. Albert Food Bank has been revving its engines in advance of today’s food drive – its most important one in 32 years – the St.
Coming soon: eight-auditorium theatre in Jensen Lakes

Coming soon: eight-auditorium theatre in Jensen Lakes

St. Albert residents will no longer have to travel to Edmonton to take in a film. Landmark Cinemas and Melcor Developments Ltd. announced Thursday that an eight-auditorium movie theatre will be coming to St. Albert in summer 2018.
Grandin blaze claims life

Grandin blaze claims life

An elderly St. Albert man is dead after flames consumed his Grandin-area home Thursday morning. Crews from three separate St. Albert fire stations rushed to Glenhaven Crescent at about 6:45 a.m.
Boudreau back on track

Boudreau back on track

With the arena construction ramping down, Botanica can start building up again.
Vader guilty in McCann deaths

Vader guilty in McCann deaths

Travis Vader has been found guilty of second-degree murder for the July 2010 deaths of elderly St. Albert couple Lyle and Marie McCann.
Travis Vader found guilty of second-degree murder

Travis Vader found guilty of second-degree murder

After a months-long trial, Travis Vader was found guilty of second-degree murder in the death of St. Albert residents Lyle and Marie McCann in July 2010.
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