Judge rules against Frank Halifax ban
Next step may be Supreme Court for Nova Scotia mom. Continue Reading Judge rules against Frank Halifax ban
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Nova Scotia mom takes on Frank Halifax Magazine
Judge to rule if Frank Halifax edition will be held to a ban intended to protect children’s identities. Continue Reading Nova Scotia mom takes on Frank Halifax Magazine
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Why local reporters should be investigating police surveillance
Local police forces might be low hanging fruit for freedom of information requests.
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How do cultural attitudes shape crime reporting?
Researchers to explore differences in European newsrooms in June conference.
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Two journalists arrested, one charged, at collision scene in Hamilton
Posts on social media show arrests actually taking place on May 16.
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Police practice of withholding crime victims’ names can pose challenges for journalistic credibility
One researcher calls this a “tremendous step back for press freedom” that could put the public at risk.
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Media ‘under threat’
Canada slips out of Top 20 in press freedom index.
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Police force’s demand for Toronto Star video interview flies under radar
Why the Toronto Star isn’t fighting a production order issued against them.
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Vice Media reporter must turn over materials to RCMP, appeal court rules
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 of police and prosecutors to do their work, the Ontario Court of Appeal said it…
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Free expression organizations protest charges against reporter
By Grant Buckler Media and freedom of expression organizations are protesting after the Royal Canadian Mounted Police charged Justin Brake, a reporter for The Newfoundland and Labrador Independent, with mischief and disobeying a court order for entering the site of a controversial hydroelectric project. A group of Indigenous activists cut a lock at the Muskrat…