Canada’s highest court has agreed to review conflicting Ontario and Alberta rulings on whether a publication ban should be routinely imposed on bail hearings. The Supreme Court agreed May 28 to hear a Toronto Star and CBC challenge of an Ontario ruling in the Toronto 18 terrorism case, which limits the ban to cases heard…
Many moons after the fact, CTV will air a statement that it violated industry ethics codes by broadcasting former Liberal leader Stéphane Dion’s false starts in a television interview. The statement follows a Canandian Broadcast Standards Council ruling on Dion’s October 2008 encounter with Halifax anchor Steve Murphy. At the time J-Source posted this behind-the-scenes…
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Regan Ray, J-Source | There is a “tidal wave” of five journalism-related cases before the Supreme Court right now, each of which will “test the value Canadians place on freedom of the press.” The top court will decide whether Globe and Mail reporter Daniel LeBlanc can be forced to reveal confidential sources he used in…
Quand la Lune était en une des unes – bientôt 40 ans – courtoisie de Solace
Pour son regard irrévérencieux mais sympathique sur le petit milieu médiatique québécois et canadien. Toujours avec humour, Fagstein se plaît àdénoncer, entre autres formes de bêtise humaine, la détestable tendance àl’autocongratulation du milieu journalistique. On espère donc qu’il nouspardonnera de lui envoyer ces fleurs…Site
Jeff Lee, the Olympics reporter for the Vancouver Sun, was paid to write for the the official magazine of the International Olympics Committee, reported the online magazine thetyee.ca. But Lee is just one one reporter — and most of the mainstream media, especially in B.C., has some entanglement with the games.
Canadian journalists have played an important role over the last half century in the investigation of high-profile wrongful convictions. But these kinds of stories take time and resources — commodities in short supply today. Perhaps it’s time to consider new models for launching these kinds of investigations.
Supreme Court of Canada judges appeared inclined to give more protection to journalists’ sources as they heard the National Post’s appeal of a ruling that could expose a key source for reporter Andrew McIntosh’s investigation into connections between federal loans and grants and former prime minister Jean Chretien. The court, which was cool to the…