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Category / Incidents / 2025 / Denial of access in 2025

  • July 16, 2025
    Denial of access

    Alberta government denies access to visual journalists 

    The Alberta government banned media cameras from a public town hall in Sherwood Park, Alta., where the premier and a panel including MLAs spoke. 

  • July 16, 2025
    Denial of access

    Tsuut’ina Nation police ban media 

    Police in the Tsuut’ina Nation, west of Calgary, Alta., banned journalists from accessing the nation’s land after the arrests of 10 men – none from the community – who were accused of human trafficking. 

  • July 15, 2025
    Denial of access

    Alberta government denies access to visual journalists 

    The Alberta government banned media cameras from a public town hall in Red Deer, Alta., where the premier and a panel including MLAs spoke. 

  • July 2, 2025
    Denial of access

    Alberta government bans journalists’ cameras and audio recorders from public event 

    Alberta government staffers prevented journalists with at least two publications from bringing cameras and audio recorders into a public town hall in Okotoks, Alta., where the premier and a local MLA were speaking. 

  • July 2, 2025
    Denial of access

    Alberta government bans journalists’ cameras and audio recorders from public event 

    Alberta government staffers prevented journalists with at least two publications from bringing cameras and audio recorders into a public town hall in Okotoks, Alta., where the premier and a local MLA were speaking. 

  • June 12, 2025
    Denial of access

    CBC journalists denied access to Alberta government town hall

    Two CBC journalists were denied access to a town hall event held by Alberta premier Danielle Smith in Fort Macleod, Alta. 

  • June 12, 2025
    Denial of access

    CBC journalists denied access to Alberta government town hall

    Two CBC journalists were denied access to a town hall event held by Alberta premier Danielle Smith in Fort Macleod, Alta. 

  • June 12, 2025
    Denial of access

    Lethbridge Herald denied access to Alberta government town hall

    Lethbridge Herald journalist Alexandra Noad was denied access to a town hall event held by Alberta premier Danielle Smith in Fort Macleod, Alta. 

  • May 28, 2025

    Ottawa police deny access to freelance journalist 

    Ottawa police prevented a freelance journalist from reporting on a protest outside a military trade show, and threatened to call the event’s organizers to have the journalist’s accreditation to cover the event revoked. 

  • February 27, 2025
    Denial of access

    Ontario PC party denies TMU student journalists access to election night event

    Student journalists for Toronto Metropolitan University’s On The Record News were denied access to the Ontario Progressive Conservative party’s election night event in Etobicoke, Ont. 

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