Tag / Grant Buckler
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Upcoming Day of Action calls for protections for journalists
By Grant Buckler A Day of Action set for February 25 will call for an end to mass surveillance, repeal of the Anti-Terrorism Act and new legislation to protect activists, whistleblowers and… -
Rally planned to support Vice journalist fighting RCMP production order
By Grant Buckler A coalition of press freedom organizations have planned a rally on Monday, Feb. 6, in support of Ben Makuch. The Vice Media Canada journalist was ordered in February 2015…
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Journalism groups question The Rebel’s exclusion from climate change conference
News and opinion outlet headed by right-wing commentator Ezra Levant denied on basis that it is ‘advocacy media’.
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Radio-Canada fights RCMP attempt to obtain interview materials
By Grant Buckler The Royal Canadian Mounted Police are seeking to obtain never-broadcast excerpts of interviews conducted by Alain Gravel, formerly of the Radio-Canada current affairs program Enquête, concerning alleged corruption at…
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Alberta government to let Rebel Media reporters attend events after all
By Grant Buckler The Alberta government has reversed its earlier position that reporters for Ezra Levant’s online publication The Rebel were “not journalists” and will admit them to government media events. Canadian…
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Levant’s Rebel Media says Alberta NDP blacklisting its reporters
By Grant Buckler Rebel Media said it’s been blacklisted by Alberta’s ruling party. On Jan. 29, Calgary reporter Holly Nicholas and Alberta bureau chief Sheila Gunn Reid went to a government briefing about…