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EDMONTON — An Alberta man found guilty of manslaughter in the deaths of two Métis hunters is appealing his conviction and sentence.

EDMONTON - An Alberta man found guilty of manslaughter in the deaths of two Métis hunters is appealing his conviction and sentence.

RED DEER, Alta. — An Alberta judge has imposed a parole ineligibility of 10 years for a man who shot and killed a shopper outside a Walmart store in central Alberta.

An Alberta judge has imposed a parole ineligibility of 10 years for a man who shot and killed a shopper outside a Walmart store in central Alberta.

In January, a jury acquitted Nickerson of both murder counts after he testified he shot the men in self-defence. The jury convicted him of the lesser charge of manslaughter for Williams’ death. Justice Eric Macklin said the violence was the culmination of a “volatile” relationship between the Suttons and the Nickersons, who he called  a “rural Alberta version of the Hatfields and McCoys.” The deadly dispute began after 11 p.m. on April 2, 2017, a Sunday evening. Williams’ aunt, ...

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Article content A jury has acquitted a Chipman man of shooting to death two of his neighbours, convicting him of the lesser offence of manslaughter for one of the men’s deaths. Ray Charles Nickerson, 40, learned his fate just after noon on Wednesday in an Edmonton courtroom. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Chipman man accused of double murder acquitted, convicted of lesser charge Back to video The 12 jurors hearing the case convicted him of m...

Posted: Jan 11, 2021 8:25 PM MT | Last Updated: January 12 Ray Nickerson is facing two counts of second-degree murder. (CBC) A 40-year-old man has pleaded not guilty to two counts of second-degree murder in the deaths of two men in a small central Alberta village in 2017.  In Edmonton Court of Queens Bench Monday, Ray Nickerson pleaded not guilty in the shooting deaths of Terry Sutton, 39, and Jason Williams, 40, in Chipman, Alta., in April 2017.  Crown prosecutor Christopher Williams said...

 E-Mail BOSTON - The antiepileptic drug ezogabine reduced pathologic excitability of cortical and spinal motor neuron cells that are early signs of clinical dysfunction in people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), according to a study conducted by the Neurological Clinical Research Institute of Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). In addition to providing a clearer understanding of motor neuron excitability as an important disease pathway for ALS, the multi-site study, published in JA...