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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, who read a victim impact statement, said her 40-year-old nephew had finished a shift at the oilfield...