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If anyone over the age of 75 is in custody at a provincial jail when vaccines are extended to that age group, they will be part of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, Alberta Health has confirmed.
There are currently no inmates over 75 in Alberta jails. But vaccination for inmates became a political issue when federal official Opposition Leader Erin O’Toole questioned it earlier this month in a Tweet.
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Allan Legere is escorted from the RCMP detachment in what is now Miramichi, N.B. on Nov. 24, 1989, after being arrested earlier in the day. A written decision denying Allan Legere s parole says he planned a hostage taking and escape the same year he was convicted of multiple, brutal killings in Miramichi, N.B. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan January 20, 2021 - 2:04 PM
HALIFAX - Allan Legere plotted a fresh escape the year he was convicted of a series of brutal killings that had created panic in Miramichi, N.B., according to a written decision denying him parole.
The eight-page decision, which follows a Jan. 13 Parole Board hearing, also said that in May 2019, a weapon was found inside the television in his cell at the maximum security Edmonton Institution.
Parole board decision notes Allan Legere planned an escape in year of murder conviction theglobeandmail.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theglobeandmail.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The decision also contains new details of an escape attempt not widely known in the past.
The convicted murderer, rapist and arsonist famously escaped from custody on May 3, 1989, while serving a life sentence for the murder of store owner John Glendenning during a 1986 robbery.
He then terrorized in the Miramichi area as he carried out four more brutal murders, several arsons and a sexual assault before being recaptured on Nov. 24, 1989.
Yet, even when he was imprisoned at the maximum security Atlantic Institution following his 1991 conviction, Legere appeared to keep plotting how he could get away. According to file information, you have a history of attempting to, and being successful in, escaping from custody, the decision read. In 1987 you attempted to escape twice, in 1989 you did escape, and in 1991 you attempted once again to escape.
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