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SLAPP lawsuit against the Globe and Mail dismissed
The Ontario Superior Court dismissed a lawsuit filed against the Globe and Mail, Globe journalist Robert Fife and journalist Sam Cooper by former Ontario Liberal MPP and cabinet minister Michael Chan.
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Extremists follow journalist Rachel Gilmore
Two people named in an investigation into a neo-Nazi and white nationalist group accosted journalist Rachel Gilmore at a concert the day after Gilmore’s article was published.
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Alberta ministry blacklists CityNews Calgary
In a post on social media, the press secretary for Alberta’s Ministry of Education and Childcare said that the ministry would “not engage” with any journalists from CityNews, in response to an article from the broadcaster’s Calgary bureau.
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Federal Conservative party denies access to Canada’s National Observer journalist
The federal Conservative Party denied accreditation to cover its annual convention to Arno Kopecky, a journalist with Canada’s National Observer.
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Iranian authorities threaten to kill Canadian journalists
Two Canadian journalists who work for the UK-based broadcaster Iran International received death threats from Iranian authorities, who said that they and their families would be killed if they continued to work for the publication.
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Iranian authorities threaten to kill Canadian journalists
Two Canadian journalists who work for the UK-based broadcaster Iran International received death threats from Iranian authorities, who said that they and their families would be killed if they continued to work for the publication.
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