3 d. ago More foster parents needed in the Edmonton area: ‘Some of these kids have nobody’

McMan Foster Care is looking for more foster parents to take on 75 kids in care but said the need is great across all of Alberta, in order for children to stay closer to home.

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6 d. ago U.S. man who kidnapped, sexually abused Edmonton teen gets 50

On Canada Day in 2022, Noah Madrano hid the then 13-year-old girl in the trunk of his car and took her across the border to a hotel in Oregon

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6 d. ago ‘A monster that used me’: Man who abducted, raped Alberta teen gets 50 years behind bars

Noah Madrano will be in his 90s by time he is able to be released from prison, after he kidnapped and smuggled girl from Edmonton across the U.S. border and sexually abused her.

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6 d. ago American man who abducted, sexually abused Edmonton girl faces sentencing, could receive decades behind bars

Warning: This story deals with child sex abuse.  The Oregon podcaster who groomed and kidnapped an Edmonton girl — taking her across the border in the trunk of his car — is set to begin a sentencing hearing Tuesday. Noah Madrano, 43, pleaded guilty in January to two U.S. felony counts for the 2022 abduction […]

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6 d. ago Prosecutors seek life in prison for American man who abducted, sexually abused Edmonton girl

Warning: This story deals with child sex abuse.  U.S. prosecutors are asking a judge to sentence the Oregon podcaster who kidnapped and sexually abused an Edmonton girl to life in prison. Noah Madrano, 43, pleaded guilty in January to two U.S. felony counts for the 2022 abduction of the then-13-year-old girl. During a sentencing hearing […]

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1 week ago Child porn charges laid against Edmonton man in international ‘Kidflix’ crackdown

Police said a 36-year-old Edmonton man had been using 'Kidflix,' considered to be one of the world's largest platforms for sharing child pornography.

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