Archive
7 Mar

Joe Howe, revisited

John Ralston Saul, Joseph Howe & The Battle for Freedom of Speech. Gaspereau Press, paperback, 61 pages, $18.95. Reviewed by Dean Jobb Joseph Howe, the courageous editor of the Novascotian, […]

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7 Mar

Expanding the defence of qualified privilege

By David A. Crerar A court ruling in the case of Leenen v. CBC described the law of defamation as “a mausoleum of antiquities peculiar to the common law and […]

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7 Mar

Star appeals $1.5m libel award

The Toronto Star is appealing a northern Ontario jury’s near-$1.5 million libel award over an article describing a wealthy local businessman’s plans to expand his personal lakeside golf course. The […]

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7 Mar

Anatomy of a libel

FeatureWhen a Toronto broker sues a national newspaper for libel, no one leaves the room smiling. Mary Findlater explores the case of Mark McQueen versus the National Post in the […]

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7 Mar

New Brunswick’s amateur journalist

FeatureCharles LeBlanc fights for bloggers to share press privileges– and rights. Vanessa Green, writing in the King’s Journalism Review, explores how the Internet is changing the definition of journalist.

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7 Mar

Libel-tourism suffers setback in Canada

CommentaryThe Supreme Court of Canada has denied leave to appeal from the Ontario Court of Appeal decision in the case of Bangoura v. Washington Post. The decision finally decides that […]

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6 Mar

Reporters off hook for shielding steriod-use source

NewsTwo San Francisco Chronicle reporters have been cleared of contempt of court for refusing to name a source who leaked secret grand jury testimony about steroid use by major league […]

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6 Mar

The perils of anonymous sources

Some of Canada’s most respected journalists and news outlets were played for fools in the Maher Arar case, tricked into printing lies about the Canadian engineer who was kidnapped in […]

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6 Mar

The long arms of the law

FeatureA recent British libel ruling could change things for media outlets and the people who sue them – and not just over there. Canadian journalist and their legal advisors are […]

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21 Feb

Journalists off hook if ban breached

Journalists who reveal banned evidence in news stories can only be convicted of a crime if there’s proof they intentionally set out to violate a publication ban, the Ontario Court […]

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