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27 Sep

Police lose bid for author Finkle’s notes

NewsToronto (June 28, 2007) — A judge has ruled that Toronto author and journalist Derek Finkle does not have to turn over research materials accumulated in writing No Claim To Mercy, […]

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26 Sep

It’s a crime

FeatureToronto’s streets aren’t “nighttime killing fields” — but it’s easy to say they are. Chris Richardson of the Ryerson Review of Journalism explores the challenges of covering the city’s most notorious […]

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26 Sep

Doing justice to the beat

FeatureGlobe and Mail justice reporter Kirk Makin likens maintaining a beat to tending a garden. “There’s only a certain period where there’s fruit in the trees,” he says, “but you […]

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26 Sep

When the offence never rests: Covering Pickton

FeatureFaced with the challenge of reporting on the graphic evidence presented at the murder trial of Robert Pickton, editors struggled to decide how much was too much. What do audiences […]

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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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24 May

Some court cases to be webcast

Some court proceedings will appear on the Internet, and fees to access court documents will be reduced, Ontario Attorney General Michael Bryant told journalists at an international conference. Bryant was […]

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23 May

‘Public’ file anything but: Access denied in dog photo case

By Tracey TylerToronto Star Legal Affairs ReporterIt was only a picture of a dog. But it was guarded like a state secret. Somewhere in an Ontario court file there’s a […]

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14 May

Ontario limits access to court documents

NewsOntario’s Ministry of the Attorney General is restricting access to court documents that reveal the name of an alleged victim of a sexual offence, citing a 2005 Criminal Code amendment […]

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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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