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• Matthew de Grood seeks Supreme Court appeal to return to Calgary with additional freedoms

  Matthew de Grood was found not criminally responsible in 2016 in connection with the 2014 deaths of Zackariah Rathwell, Jordan Segura, Kaiti Perras, Josh Hunter and Lawrence Hong,

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  Sep 15, 2023
  
• Political interference alleged in assessment hearings in Matthew de Grood case

  Alberta's high court is being asked to overturn a decision relating to the stabbing deaths of five young people on the grounds the former provincial justice minister interfered.

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  Feb 3, 2023
  
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• Matthew de Grood remains ‘significant risk’: Alberta Review Board

  Matthew de Grood remains a significant threat to public safety and "is not entitled to an absolute discharge” at this time, the Alberta Review Board has ruled.

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  Oct 11, 2022
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• Mentally ill man who stabbed 5 people at Calgary party appeals denial of freedoms

  A provincial mental health review board said Matthew de Grood is making progress but will not be allowed to go into a group home.

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  Oct 2, 2020
• Matthew de Grood, who killed 5 while delusional in Calgary is making progress: psychiatrist

  A psychiatrist treating a mentally-ill man who killed five young people at a Calgary house party said Matthew de Grood has made progress but any new freedoms will be granted slowly.

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  Sep 8, 2020
• Calgary legacy garden to honor 5 lives lost in Brentwood nearing completion

  Almost a year to the date when they first broke ground, a special memorial garden in Calgary is soon the be unveiled. Construction is nearly halfway done at the site in South Glenmore Park.

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  Jun 16, 2020
• The Brentwood Five massacre

  It was a day that left a scar on the soul of a city — the biggest mass killing in Calgary’s history.

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  May 29, 2020
• Review board hears Matthew de Grood doing well, should have unsupervised outings

  A judge in 2016 found de Grood not criminally responsible for the killings because he was suffering from schizophrenia at the time.

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  Sep 17, 2019
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• Groundbreaking for legacy garden to honor 5 lives lost in Brentwood

  A special memorial garden will honour five inspiring young people killed at a party in the northwest Calgary community of Brentwood five years ago.

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  Jun 12, 2019
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• 5 young people remembered on 5th anniversary of Calgary’s worst mass killing

  It’s been five years since five young people lost their lives in Calgary's worst massing killing.

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  Apr 15, 2019