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1 Apr

City integrity commissioner sides with Rob Ford in dispute against Toronto Star

<p><strong>By Tamara Baluja</strong></p><p>The city’s integrity commissioner has rejected the <em>Toronto Star</em>’s complaint about Mayor Rob Ford's office refusing to send press releases to <em>Star </em>journalists.</p>

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13 Feb

Journalists can now tweet from Ontario courtrooms—but what does that mean, exactly?

<p><strong><em>A note from our new Law editor, Thomas Rose, followed by his first column for J-Source:</em></strong></p><p>After many years at the helm of this section, Dean Jobb is moving on.  He will be missed. Dean’s effort at constructing the Law Section and in creating what he was fond of calling “a clearinghouse for news, information, advice and commentary on legal issues of importance to journalists” cannot be understated.</p>

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1 Jul

Court ruling about sharing online news information “should eliminate fears that linking…raises legal risks”

<p>The Federal Court of Canada's ruling involving a website that linked to a National Post column and a photographer's website is seen as good news for those who ink to news, according to law professor Michael Geist. In his column in <a href="http://www.thestar.com/business/2012/06/30/all_the_news_thats_fit_to_post_and_link_federal_court_clears_up_legal_risks.html">today's Star, linked here,</a> of course, he describes how by dismissing the claims against Free Dominion, the court has "removed much of the legal uncertainty surrounding sharing infrmation online."</p>

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8 Feb

Criminal libel probe of N.B. blogger questioned

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26 Oct

Press freedom in Canada

<p><em>Yes, there are threats: government secrecy, terrorism, regulation of new media. <strong>Nakita Singh Hans</strong> gives us a sneak peak at next year's Press Freedom in Canada conference.</em></p><p>Government secrecy, terrorism laws and the regulation of new media are among the threats to press freedom that will be explored at a Ryerson University conference early next year.</p>

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10 Aug

Policing the borders means policing Canadian journalism?

<p><em>Moments before Canada's Immigration Minister Jason Kenney delivered an important speech, <a href="http://rabble.ca/news/2011/07/policing-borders-means-policing-canadian-journalism">Rabble</a> journalist <strong>David P. Ball</strong> was kicked out of the press conference -- despite having a press invite and the complimentary cookie they gave him in hand. This story originally appeared on <a href="http://rabble.ca/news/2011/07/policing-borders-means-policing-canadian-journalism">Rabble.ca.</a></em></p>

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9 Nov

Globe ruling protects sources, allows use of leaked information

CommentaryBy Dean JobbThe Supreme Court of Canada has made it tough for lawyers, police and other investigators to “out” journalists’ sources. The court’s Oct. 22 ruling in Globe and Mail […]

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27 Apr

On net neutrality and Internet access

Steve Anderson of OpenMedia.ca, a national, non-partisan, non-profit organization that promotes an open and innovative communications system in Canada, appeared before a House of Commons committee that’s looking at the […]

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5 Mar

Did Carleton j-prof argue against freedom of the press?

“It was strange reading the recent Citizen column by Klaus Pohle (“Presumptions of Guilt,” Feb. 24), because I could swear the Carleton University media law professor was arguing against freedom […]

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26 Dec

Libel reform: Be careful what you wish for

The new defence of responsible communication is good news for the media, but Ryerson University’s Jeffrey A. Dvorkin doubts it will usher in a new wave investigative journalism. As layoffs […]

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