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Category / Incidents / 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 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

    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

    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.

  • May 21, 2021
    Denial of access

    Ricochet Media journalist denied access to an RCMP raid site

    Ricochet Media journalist Michael Simkin was denied access to the site of an RCMP raid on May 21, 2021, at Braden Main and 2000 Road, near Fairy Creek. 

  • May 17, 2021
    Denial of access

    Ricochet Media reporters denied entry to exclusion zone at Fairy Creek protests

    While reporting for Ricochet Media, Michael Simkin and Kyle Darling were denied access to the Caycuse protest camp in old-growth forest on southern Vancouver Island, at the site of an imminent police raid on May 17, 2021. 

  • May 17, 2021
    Denial of access

    Ricochet Media reporters denied entry to exclusion zone at Fairy Creek protests

    While reporting for Ricochet Media, Kyle Darling and Michael Simkin were denied access to the Caycuse protest camp in old-growth forest on southern Vancouver Island, at the site of an imminent police raid on May 17, 2021. 

  • May 17, 2021
    Denial of access

    Capital Daily editor refused access to exclusion zone at Fairy Creek protests

    Capital Daily managing editor Jimmy Thomson was denied access to the Caycuse protest camp at the site of an imminent police raid on May 17, 2021. 

  • April 16, 2021
    Intimidation/harassment

    Global News reporter harassed at COVID-19 protest

    Global News consumer affairs and investigative reporter Seán O’Shea was harassed while covering an April 16, 2021 demonstration at Huf Gym, a Mississauga business that frequently violated COVID-19 safety protocols. 

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