• INCIDENTS
  • RESEARCH AND TOOLS
    • REPORTS
  • ABOUT
    • METHODOLOGY
      • TRACKING ONLINE THREATS
      • REQUEST OUR DATA
    • CONTACT US
    • SUPPORTERS
    • PARTNERS
  • SUBMIT AN INCIDENT
DONATE
Canadian Press Freedom Project
  • INCIDENTS
  • RESEARCH AND TOOLS
    • REPORTS
  • ABOUT
    • METHODOLOGY
      • TRACKING ONLINE THREATS
      • REQUEST OUR DATA
    • CONTACT US
    • SUPPORTERS
    • PARTNERS
  • SUBMIT AN INCIDENT
DONATE
Search site...

Category / Incidents / 2023

  • December 20, 2023
    Arrest/criminal charge

    OPP detain and seize equipment from Guelph journalist

    An OPP officer detained GuelphToday journalist Richard Vivian and seized his equipment while Vivian was reporting on a vehicle collision in Guelph, Ontario.

  • November 30, 2023
    Intimidation/harassment

    Security guard in truck nearly hits journalist covering Trans Mountain pipeline

    A security guard working for the Trans Mountain Pipeline project drove quickly towards filmmaker Geordie Day, stopping just short of hitting him, while Day was filming in Secwépemc territory in B.C.

  • November 5, 2023

    Radio-Canada building vandalized

    During a demonstration against the conflict in Gaza, protesters splashed red paint and wrote graffiti on the Radio-Canada building in Montreal. 

  • October 31, 2023
    Denial of access

    Edmonton transit requires media workers to ask permission to report on city property

    An Edmonton Transit Service policy requires media workers to ask permission before “reporting, filming or conducting business” on transit property. 

  • October 30, 2023
    Denial of access

    Israeli government denies media accreditation to Canadian journalist

    The Israeli government denied media accreditation to Jesse Rosenfeld, a Canadian journalist working with Rolling Stone. 

  • October 17, 2023
    Chilling statement

    Conservative MPs motion for investigation into CBC coverage of Israel-Gaza war

    Two conservative members of Parliament motioned for the Public Accounts Committee to investigate the terminology used by the CBC to refer to Hamas and require CBC executives to appear before the committee to face questions.

  • October 12, 2023
    Arrest/criminal charge

    Canadian journalist convicted of ‘disseminating false information’ in Greece

    Freelance journalist Romain Chauvet was convicted of “disseminating false information” and received a six-month suspended jail sentence in Greece, after authorities claimed he made a bomb threat at an airport. 

  • September 20, 2023
    Physical attack

    Kamloops radio host assaulted during anti-LGBTQ2S+ protest

    A protester assaulted RadioNL journalist Brett Mineer during an anti-LGBTQ2S+ protest in Kamloops, B.C. 

  • September 13, 2023
    Intimidation/harassment

    Extremist group members stalk journalist

    Members of a group chat dedicated to extremist group Diagolon stalked journalist Rachel Gilmore, taking photos of her walking and sharing her real-time location.

  • September 12, 2023
    Denial of access

    Liberal party denies media accreditation to True North

    The Liberal Party of Canada denied Andrew Lawton, managing editor of far-right website True North, accreditation to cover its 2023 caucus retreat in London, Ont. 

123
Next
Arrest/criminal charge (10)
Chilling statement (39)
HonestReporting Canada chilling statements (841)
Denial of access (57)
Denials of access at Fairy Creek (16)
Equipment search/seizure/damage (8)
Intimidation/harassment (30)
Intimidation/harassments at convoy protests (25)
Leak case (3)
Physical attack (25)
Subpoena/legal order (3)

Data, resources and analysis about press freedom conditions in Canada.

PRIVACY AND CPFP

Contact Us

 

Logo and artwork design by Mariah Meawasige/Makoose

SUBSCRIBE TO THE J-SOURCE NEWSLETTER

By submitting this form, you are consenting to receive marketing emails from: J-Source, https://j-source.ca/ The Canada Press Freedom Project, https://canadapressfreedom.ca. You can revoke consent at any time by following the unsubscribe link in every email.

J-Source

News, research and commentary about

journalism in Canada.