By rdnewsNOW staff

some details may be disturbing

Eckville man in prison for sex offences denied day parole

Dec 17, 2025 | 12:51 PM

Editor’s note: This story contains several details which may be disturbing to readers.

—

A central Alberta man has been denied day parole by the Parole Board of Canada (PBC).

It was in October 2019 when Christopher Juneau. a resident of Eckville, admitted to the courts to committing sex exploitation crimes against children.

The then 35-year-old pleaded guilty to 26 of the 80 counts against him for offenses dating back to February 2010, and right up to January 2019.

"tough few years" to come, says minister

Budget views shared in meeting with finance minister and Chamber members

10h ago

Zone 4

St. Patrick's Community School teacher named Division finalist for ASBA Edwin Parr Award

12h ago

Lacombe County

Fire Permit season underway

12h ago

That included multiple counts of sexual assault, sexual contact with a minor, sexually counselling a minor, possessing child pornography, making/printing/publishing child pornography, and distributing/selling child pornography.

Juneau was ultimately sentenced to 15 years in prison.

Documents provided to rdnewsNOW from the Parole Board show Juneau recently applied for day parole, but was denied.

The Parole Board bases its decision on whether they believe the offender, by reoffending, presents an undue risk to society before the expiration of their sentence. They also assess whether the offender’s release will contribute to the protection of society by facilitating their reintegration into society as a law-abiding citizen.

In the PBC’s report, they acknowledge Juneau is now 41, is Metis, and is technically a first-time offender.

They also note that Juneau was found by the courts and authorities to, among other things, have had possession of over 180,000 child pornography images, and 27,000 videos, which had been stored in a highly encrypted device.

They note that Juneau was subject to a release order and peace bond during periods of his offending, but that did not deter him from further offending. He was also released on bail after his 2019 arrest, but was arrested again after being found with Internet-capable devices.

Juneau’s hands-on victims were aged 2-18, it’s also pointed out, adding that Juneau told the courts of his own sexual victimization as a child.

“Your combined score on the STABLE-2007 and STATIC99 assessed you to be at an Above Average Risk for sexual recidivism, meaning that individuals in this risk level are expected to have roughly twice the rate of recidivism compared to the average individual convicted of a sexually motivated offence,” the PBC writes in its report.

Juneau has not been involved in any institutional incidents and is currently a minimum security offender.

He has been able to participate in escorted temporary absences for cultural and administrative purposes. But when he was transferred to a healing lodge in October 2024, he was unable to participate before being transferred back to an institution in August 2025 due to deteriorating behaviour — that being allegedly performing a lewd act in a main area of the living unit. Juneau denies having done so, the report notes.

Other behaviour, which Juneau shared with the board, includes walking away from a television showing children in swimsuits, but still admitting to certain feelings.

“You appear to still be experiencing very strong attraction to children and are making attempts to use learned skills, but the Board finds that you are still early in this process,” they write.

Juneau has completed several training programs for sex offenders, they add.

“The Board acknowledges the overrepresentation of Indigenous people within the criminal justice system and that this disproportionate representation is connected to marginalization and systemic racism. The Board identifies factors that may have contributed to your involvement in the criminal justice system including familial experience with intergenerational trauma, prior personal sexual abuse as a child, experiencing trauma as a child, perpetrating sexual abuse, struggling with addiction, substance abuse was common in your home community, and experiencing a loss of culture in your upbringing,” the board says in its report.

“The Board accepts that these experiences resulted in your maladaptive coping mechanisms, as well as your own use of sexual violence. Your social history has impacted your mindset and behaviours that have contributed to your offending cycle.”

Both votes from the board were against granting day parole.

Juneau is also subject to a lifetime SOIRA (Sex Offender Information Registration Act) order, and a lifetime 161 order (prohibiting contact with people under 16), plus a 10-year supervision order.