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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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CTV Los Angeles bureau chief charged a year after covering Ferguson
By Grant Buckler Tom Walters, Los Angeles bureau chief for CTV News, has been charged with interfering with a police officer, a year after being arrested while covering protests in Ferguson, Missouri,…
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Charter challenge against practice that saw cops posing as reporters dismissed
An Ontario superior court judge has dismissed a charter challenge filed against a practice that saw a handful of provincial police officers pose as journalists.
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5 questions with CJFE Executive Director Tom Henheffer
Speaking with Henheffer about an upcoming Charter challenge against Bill C-51, and what the new law means for journalists.
