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Globe and Mail Public Editor: Thank you, readers, for suggesting we look at solitary confinement
By Sylvia Stead for The Globe and Mail In June, I asked readers what issues they felt should go under the media microscope. The Globe and Mail had been honoured for its work on military men and women suffering from… -
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Publication ban charge against Frank dismissed
By Grant Buckler A charge against the managing editor of Halifax’s Frank magazine for violating a publication ban has been dropped after the Crown said it would present no evidence in the case. As J-Source previously reported, Andrew Douglas… -
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Frank publication ban charge will go to trial
Douglas, who was first summoned to appear in Halifax Provincial Court on Sept. 6, said he was surprised the Crown is proceeding with the case.… -
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Canadian media and free expression organizations apply for intervenor status in Vice court case
In late March, the Ontario Superior Court ruled that Vice News reporter Ben Makuch must hand over to the RCMP all communications between him and an ISIS fighter.… -
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Ghomeshi’s accuser says peace bond ‘clearest path to the truth’
Kathryn Borel, a former CBC employee, says she agreed to a peace bond over a trial because “it seemed like the clearest path to the truth.”… -
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Vice appeals court order to give RCMP records of interviews
“This appeal raises issues concerning one of the hallmarks of a democratic society – a free and independent press,” the appeal application states.… -
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Jian Ghomeshi: Unravelled
A week after the verdict in Jian Ghomeshi’s first criminal trial, three people with intimate knowledge of the story reflect on the case that has shaken the nation.… -
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CTV News Halifax fined for showing young offenders’ faces
In an agreed statement of facts read during a sentencing hearing in provincial court, Crown attorney Terry Nickerson said the broadcaster violated a publication ban on the identities of the two teens.… -
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Vice Canada lawyer: RCMP production order a “fishing expedition”
Lawyer Iain MacKinnon argued that the production order should be squashed and unsealed.… -
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Responsible communication wins again
Kathy Tomlinson becomes part of a slowly growing list of Canadian defamation cases that are winning with the defence of “responsible communication”.…
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