Greg Matters

• Greg Matters’ family launches civil suit against RCMP

  The mother of former Canadian soldier Greg Matters, who was shot and killed by RCMP, is launching a civil lawsuit against the RCMP, the province and Attorney-General of Canada.

  Sep 10, 2014
• Matters family calls for case to be re-opened

  The sister of a man fatally shot by RCMP officers in Prince George is calling for the investigation in the case to be re-opened.

  Jun 23, 2014
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• Shooting death not a crime: police watchdog

  British Columbia's police watchdog has cleared officers of criminal wrongdoing in the shooting death of a retired soldier in northern B.C. after reviewing evidence presented in a coroners inquest.

  Jun 14, 2014
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• Coroner’s jury makes recommendations

  Jurors at a coroner's inquest in the fatal RCMP shooting of a former soldier have delivered nine recommendations, including improved training for police in the use of non-lethal weapons.

  Jan 30, 2014
• Coroner’s inquest into death of former soldier resumes today

  The coroner's inquest into the death of Greg Matters resumes today.

  Jan 27, 2014
• Tape reveals last minutes of veteran’s life

  Audio of the last moments of a conversation between distraught army veteran Greg Matters and an RCMP officer has been released after it was heard by a coroner's jury in Prince George, B.C.

  Oct 17, 2013
• Man hears about dead brother’s troubles

  The former girlfriend of an ex-soldier fatally shot by RCMP says he came home from a peacekeeping tour in Bosnia a different person.

  Oct 11, 2013
• Ex-soldier expresses regret in letter to psychiatrist

  More than a year before he was fatally shot in a standoff with RCMP on his rural British Columbia farm, Greg Matters sent a handwritten note to a court-appointed psychiatrist asking for help.

  Oct 10, 2013
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• Beating triggered PTSD, inquiry hears

  The psychiatrist and former soldier who was treating Greg Matters for post-traumatic stress disorder asked RCMP if he could speak to the former peacekeeper as he was surrounded by heavily armed police officers at his rural British Columbia farm, a coroner's inquest into his death heard Wednesday.

  Oct 9, 2013
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• Former soldier made threats to RCMP: police

  A British Columbia mother who tried to intervene before her son was shot by RCMP, and the brother whose ongoing feud set off the chain of events that ended with Greg Matters' death will both testify today at a coroner's inquest.

  Oct 8, 2013