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‘Dark day’ for Canadian journalism industry after Vice ruling

Press freedom organizations are expressing disappointment after the Supreme Court of Canada upheld a lower-court ruling requiring Vice Media Canada to hand over all records of its communications with Farah Shirdon, a Canadian citizen who left Calgary to fight with the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. Vice reporter Ben Makuch made contact with Shirdon…