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

Anatomy of an ATI release

CP’s Bruce Cheadle describes yet another unsuccessful access to information request, in this case seeking government briefing materials on the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership. The latest batch of blacked-out documents arrived […]

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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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28 Sep

Covering the U.S. courts

BackgrounderConrad Black’s fraud trial in Chicago highlighted the differences between the Canadian and American systems of justice. A Canadian journalist who needs to know how a grand jury works or […]

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27 Sep

N.S. rulings blazed trail of openness

By Dean Jobb Linden MacIntyre’s request was simple. The CBC Television reporter, now a host of the investigative program the fifth estate, wanted to see search warrants used to seize […]

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27 Sep

Ontario appeal court to broadcast live online

By Robert Benzie Toronto StarAttorney General Michael Bryant is expanding the scope of cameras in Ontario courtrooms. As of today, some Ontario Court of Appeal proceedings will be available live […]

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