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Category / Incidents / 2021 / Chilling statement in 2021

  • August 18, 2021
    Denial of access

    Halifax police threaten to arrest journalists covering homeless encampment eviction

    Halifax Regional Police threatened to arrest journalists and pushed a CTV video journalist covering the eviction of a homeless encampment. 

  • August 18, 2021
    Denial of access

    Halifax police threaten to arrest journalists covering homeless encampment eviction

    Halifax Regional Police threatened to arrest reporters and pushed a CTV video journalist covering the eviction of a homeless encampment. 

  • August 18, 2021
    Denial of access

    Halifax police threaten to arrest journalists covering homeless encampment eviction

    Halifax Regional Police threatened to arrest journalists and pushed a CTV video journalist covering the eviction of a homeless encampment. 

  • August 11, 2021
    Denial of access

    RCMP deny access, threaten to arrest Ricochet journalists

    RCMP officers threatened to arrest and denied access to journalists Aleisha Langmann and Clay Nikiforuk, who were on assignment for Ricochet Media covering logging protests in Fairy Creek.

  • July 18, 2021
    Chilling statement

    RCMP officer falsely claims journalist Brandi Morin lied to police

    An RCMP officer falsely claimed in an affidavit that journalist Brandi Morin had lied to police while on assignment covering protests at Fairy Creek.

  • March 26, 2021
    Chilling statement

    Doug Ford staffer attacks Canadaland editor on social media

    The deputy chief of staff to Ontario premier Doug Ford attacked a journalist on social media in response to a story about Ford’s press secretary. 

  • March 5, 2021
    Chilling statement

    Libel lawsuit against Yahoo Canada dismissed

    An Ontario Superior Court justice dismissed a $30-million defamation lawsuit against Yahoo Canada and Elizabeth Di Filippo, an editor at the publication. 

  • January 27, 2021
    Chilling statement

    Alberta government report accuses media of being propagandists for climate change activists

    The Public Inquiry into Anti-Alberta Energy Campaigns in January 2021 accused major news outlets in Canada of including “propagandized climate change issues in their reporting,” drawing sharp criticism from the Canadian Association of Journalists. 

  • January 14, 2021
    Chilling statement

    CBC wrong to fire Manitoba journalist after their private messages used to justify termination, rules arbitrator

    An arbitrator ruled that CBC “acted improperly” in firing CBC Manitoba journalist Ahmar Khan after a “chain of events” that began when he posted a tweet in which he described remarks Don Cherry made on Coach’s Corner as “xenophobic” and “deplorable.” 

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