Teens enter not guilty plea

Three teenagers charged in the shooting death of five-year-old Ethan Yellowbird pleaded not guilty to charges of manslaughter when they made a court appearance Feb. 15. Their next appearance will be in Wetaskiwin court on June 20. All three of the teens, who are from Hobbema and were known to police, were arrested in January 2012. At the time of Ethan’s death, the boys were 13, 16 and 17. Ethan was shot dead in his bed in his home on July 11, 2011, on the Samson Cree First Nation.