Media organizations including the CBC, BBC, CNN and Bloomberg were forced to pause reporting in Russia after a new law threatened to jail anyone publishing what the government described as “false information” about the war in Ukraine. 

In March 2022, HonestReporting Canada published at least three campaigns which named at least one individual media worker or newsroom.

The Edmonton Police Service refused to give The Progress Report access to an online press conference on Feb. 24, 2022 and later revoked the publication’s press credentials. 

Police officers in Ottawa told Global News journalist Mercedes Stephenson to leave an area near Parliament Hill and threatened to arrest her. 

In February 2022, HonestReporting Canada published at least six campaigns which named at least three individual media workers.

In January 2022, HonestReporting Canada published at least four campaigns which named at least two individual media workers.

An Ontario Superior Court justice dismissed a defamation lawsuit against B.C.-based Together News Inc. 

In December 2021, HonestReporting Canada published at least six campaigns which named at least three individual media workers.

As journalists at the CBC’s The Fifth Estate investigated WE Charity over several months in 2021, the broadcaster received numerous complaints including threats to sue from various individuals and organizations, including WE Charity donors. 

Northwest Territories Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh MLA Steve Norn barred Cabin Radio reporters from a virtual press conference on Nov. 18, 2021.