CAJ: Rein in the RCMP, journalism is not a crime in Canada
‘Canada is a free country, not a police state. But it continues to get tripped up on issues of media freedoms.’ Continue Reading CAJ: Rein in the RCMP, journalism is not a crime in Canada
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Vice reporter Ben Makuch loses final bid to block RCMP demand for background material
By Colin Perkel A reporter’s last-ditch attempt at blocking an RCMP demand for his background materials in a terrorism case failed Thursday with a judge refusing to stay the production order. In her ruling, Ontario Superior Court Justice Breese Davies said the Mounties still have valid reasons to make their demand of journalist Ben Makuch…
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Forcing reporter to give RCMP info on ‘dead’ terror suspect ‘unreasonable,’ Vice argued at hearing
Forcing a reporter to give information on a terror suspect to the RCMP would be unreasonable given that the wanted Canadian man is almost certainly dead, an Ontario justice heard on Tuesday. Continue Reading Forcing reporter to give RCMP info on ‘dead’ terror suspect ‘unreasonable,’ Vice argued at hearing
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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…
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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 to hand over information concerning interviews he conducted with a Canadian member of Islamic State. In a production order, the Royal Canadian Mounted…
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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 the Canada Revenue Agency. According to a La Presse report, Gravel conducted interviews with Francesco Bertucci, owner of the Montreal employment agency Thomson…