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Category / Incidents / Denial of access

  • July 7, 2021
    Denial of access

    Sprawl reporter denied access to Trudeau news conference in Calgary

    Jeremy Appel, a reporter with The Sprawl, was denied access to a July 7, 2021 news conference held by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Calgary.

  • May 28, 2021
    Denial of access

    RCMP makes arrests at Fairy Creek after telling media enforcement was over for the day

    The RCMP arrested and removed a protester during demonstrations against old-growth logging in the forest near Fairy Creek, B.C., after telling journalists to leave the area and that enforcement had ended for the day. 

  • May 27, 2021
    Denial of access

    Ricochet Media reporters denied access to RCMP enforcement site at Fairy Creek protests

    Ricochet Media reporters Jerome Turner and Michael Simkin were denied access to an area where RCMP were conducting enforcement of the Fairy Creek demonstrations on May 27, 2021. 

  • May 27, 2021
    Denial of access

    Ricochet Media reporters denied access to RCMP enforcement site at Fairy Creek Protests

    Ricochet Media reporters Michael Simkin and Jerome Turner were denied access to an area where RCMP were conducting enforcement of the Fairy Creek demonstrations on May 27, 2021. 

  • May 26, 2021
    Denial of access

    RCMP delay media entry to raid site at Fairy Creek protests

    RCMP delayed press entry to a protest site near Port Renfrew, B.C. on May 26, 2021, where media later learned that officers were arresting protesters. 

  • May 26, 2021
    Denial of access

    B.C. RCMP deny access to journalists at Fairy Creek

    BC RCMP officers threatened to arrest media workers including Global News journalist Paul Johnson, and denied them access to an area where police expected to arrest people protesting old-growth logging on southern Vancouver Island.

  • May 25, 2021
    Denial of access

    RCMP temporarily deny Ricochet Media journalist access to cover a raid at Fairy Creek

    Ricochet Media journalist Michael Simkin was temporarily denied access to an area where an RCMP raid was taking place at the Caycuse camp near Honeymoon Bay, B.C., on May 25, 2021. 

  • May 25, 2021
    Denial of access

    RCMP temporarily deny Ha-Shilth-Sa journalist access to cover a raid at Fairy Creek

    Ha-Shilth-Sa Newspaper journalist Melissa Renwick was temporarily denied access to an area where an RCMP raid was taking place at the Caycuse camp near Honeymoon Bay, B.C., on May 25, 2021. 

  • May 25, 2021
    Denial of access

    Last-minute RCMP notice on changes to enforcement area prevents media coverage at Fairy Creek demonstrations

    A last-minute notice from the RCMP on changes to where enforcement of the Fairy Creek protests was being carried out prevented effective media coverage on May 25, 2021. 

  • May 22, 2021
    Denial of access

    Ricochet Media journalist held at RCMP checkpoint

    RCMP held Ricochet Media reporter Kyle Darling at a checkpoint on May 22, 2021, “preventing him from covering events,” tweeted Ricochet Media.

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