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14 Mar

Ontario to consider cameras in court, CP reports

 The Canadian Press is reporting that Ontario’s attorney general “says he’s open to the idea of allowing cameras in courtrooms and says the time is right to canvas judges, Crown […]

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14 Mar

High-profile murder trial expected to ignite heavy media coverage

In 2008, the story of a “bizarre” murder in Edmonton made big headlines and received intense media scrutiny. The subsequent police investigation led to the first-degree murder charge against 31-year-old […]

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4 Mar

New B.C. rules improve court file access

Feb. 28, 2011 — Under new rules that came into effect today, British Columbia’s courts will no longer block access to the court file in cases where a publication ban […]

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22 Feb

Supreme Court rules radio host comments “racist”, blocks class action suit

The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled 6-1 on the free-speech case of former radio shock jock André Arthur, now a member of Parliament for the Quebec City riding of […]

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10 Feb

UK upholds right of press to report on tweets

The UK’s Press Complaints Commission has upheld the right of the press to report on Twitter updates, in response to a London-based UK government employee’s complaint that a newspaper’s publication […]

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8 Feb

Why we shouldn’t ban citizen journalists from torture case

Robert Remington, an editor for the Calgary Herald, writes that a Calgary court’s recent ban barring the public and citizen journalists from a high-profile torture case is “potentially dangerous.” Provincial […]

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7 Feb

Toronto radio station has licence revoked

A community radio station has had its licence revoked by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. CKLN-FM breached “numerous regulations and conditions of licence” and failed to involve the local […]

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28 Jan

Man sues CBC for publishing reader comment that attacks his credibility

A safety inspector is suing the CBC for publishing a comment he says is “malicious and cruel”, and ruins his professional credibility. Robert Scott, who lives in the Yukon, says […]

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28 Jan

Blogger Ezra Levant ordered to pay additional $32,500 for libel

Blogger and free speech activist Ezra Levant has been ordered by the Ontario Superior Court to pay an additional $32,500 in libel to human rights lawyer Giacomo Vigna. Last November, […]

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25 Jan

How to factcheck politicians’ education credentials (it’s not easy)

In April 2010, Toronto Star reporter Linda Diebel wrote an article about then-Toronto mayoral candidate Rob Ford. Diebel reported that Ford had studied political science at Carleton University but dropped […]

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