Law

Next step may be Supreme Court for Nova Scotia mom.

Judge to rule if Frank Halifax edition will be held to a ban intended to protect children's identities.

Local police forces might be low hanging fruit for freedom of information requests.

Continue Reading Why local reporters should be investigating police surveillance

Researchers to explore differences in European newsrooms in June conference.

Continue Reading How do cultural attitudes shape crime reporting?

Posts on social media show arrests actually taking place on May 16.

Continue Reading Two journalists arrested, one charged, at collision scene in Hamilton

One researcher calls this a “tremendous step back for press freedom” that could put the public at risk.

Continue Reading Police practice of withholding crime victims’ names can pose challenges for journalistic credibility

Threats to press freedom are actually threats to the public’s right to know, says the co-editor of a new book.

Continue Reading New book shows that press freedom in Canada is not a done deal

Canada slips out of Top 20 in press freedom index.

Continue Reading Media ‘under threat’

Why the Toronto Star isn’t fighting a production order issued against them.

Continue Reading Police force’s demand for Toronto Star video interview flies under radar

By The Canadian Press A Vice Media reporter must give the RCMP the background materials he used for stories on an accused terrorist, Ontario’s top court affirmed Wednesday. In a case that pitted freedom of the press against the ability…