Metis Hunters

• Supreme Court dismisses appeal for Alberta man convicted in Metis hunter killings

  The Supreme Court says it dismissed Roger Bilodeau's appeal for the same reasons outlined by the Alberta Court of Appeal in 2024, which said there was no miscarriage of justice.

  Crime

  Feb 19, 2025
  
• Alberta men involved in fatal shooting of Métis hunters lose conviction appeals

  Jacob Sansom and his uncle Maurice Cardinal had been out moose hunting in 2020, when they were shot on a road near Glendon, northeast of Edmonton.

  Crime

  May 6, 2024
  
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• Alberta man Anthony Bilodeau, found guilty of killing Metis hunters, appeals conviction

  Four years after shooting and killing two men on a rural road north east of Edmonton, Anthony Bilodeau is appealing his conviction.

  Crime

  Mar 6, 2024
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• Alberta family dealing with rare disease while still reeling from dad’s murder

  Nearly four years after their father and uncle were killed in shooting, an Alberta family is now struggling with a rare disease diagnosis.

  Health

  Feb 16, 2024
• Alberta man found guilty in deaths of Métis hunters sentenced to 6 years

  One of the men found guilty in the shooting deaths of two Métis hunters in March 2020 was sentenced to 10 years less 1,624 days (4.5 years) on Friday. 

  Canada

  Aug 26, 2022
• Alberta family calls for changes to justice system following trial over Métis hunters’ deaths

  The family of a pair of men killed in 2020 is now calling for changes to the justice system after a father and son were found guilty in the deaths.

  Crime

  Jun 1, 2022
• ‘Bringing a knife to a gunfight’: Alberta lawyers make closing arguments in murder trial

  Defense lawyer Brian Beresh has maintained his client was acting in self-defence on March 27, 2020, when he shot and killed Jacob Sansom and Maurice Cardinal on a rural road.

  Crime

  May 30, 2022
• Jury hears from man charged with 2nd-degree murder in deaths of Alberta hunters

  Roger Bilodeau can be heard telling Sgt. Christian Reister: "I don't know much."

  Crime

  May 20, 2022
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• Alberta hunter’s wife testifies she told him not to drink and drive the night he was shot

  Roger Bilodeau, 58, and his son Anthony Bilodeau, 33, have each pleaded not guilty to two counts of second-degree murder. 

  Crime

  May 17, 2022