Archive
17 Jun

Youths can be named pending appeal, court rules

NewsA group of Nova Scotia media outlets has successfully challenged a ruling that allowed a young man convicted of murdering a cab driver to have his identity shielded pending an […]

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19 Jan

Bans on the run

By Dean JobbMore than a dozen Ontario men are accused of plotting bombings and other terrorist attacks, including a threat to behead the prime minister. An Edmonton man who pleaded […]

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9 Nov

Man’s name banned in teacher affair

NewsAn Alberta man who had an affair with a teacher 10 years ago, when he was a teenager, cannot have his identity published despite his desire to go public, the Supreme […]

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29 Oct

Why we fight … publication bans

CommentaryA Saskatchewan judge has ignored a reporter’s challenge to a publication ban imposed in a high-profile criminal case. In an October 2007 column, managing editor Vern Faulkner of the Prince Albert […]

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29 Oct

Ruling shields informers’ identities

NewsReinforcing the protection given to confidential police informers, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that the court and Crown have no discretion to disclose any details to the public […]

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9 Oct

Banned: A tale of two trials

By Isabel TeotonioToronto Star Topple Chicago’s Sears Tower. Attack the Miami Federal Courthouse. Blow up FBI buildings in five cities. That’s what the so-called Liberty City Seven, a group of […]

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25 Sep

‘Landmark’ ruling loosens bail hearing ban

NewsEdmonton (June 7, 2007) — An Alberta judge has ruled that mandatory bans on publishing evidence presented at bail hearings are unconstitutional. The federal government has a year to change […]

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25 Sep

Judges must rescind publication bans

NewsOttawa (June 21, 2007) — The Supreme Court of Canada won’t review a ruling that prevents people whose identities are protected by publication bans from coming forward on their own. […]

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14 May

Terror suspects’ complaints banned

The use of a publication ban to protect the fair-trial rights of an accused person headed into weird territory when a group of men being held in solitary confinement tried […]

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6 Mar

Criminal Code publication bans

Quick Reference The Criminal Code of Canada bans the publication or broadcast of certain information as a criminal case proceeds through the courts, including the identities of some witnesses and […]

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