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Category / Incidents / Denial of access

  • December 2, 2022
    Denial of access

    New Brunswick RCMP threaten Telegraph-Journal reporter with arrest

    RCMP officers prevented a journalist with the Telegraph-Journal from photographing a house fire on the Kingston Peninsula in N.B and said the journalist could be arrested. 

  • July 21, 2022
    Denial of access

    Montreal police refuse to answer questions from The Rover

    A Montreal police media relations officer refused to answer an emailed request from journalist Christopher Curtis, because the officer didn’t consider his outlet The Rover to be a “professional” media organization. 

  • June 2, 2022
    Denial of access

    Canadaland news editor denied access to PC election event

    Canadaland news editor Jonathan Goldsbie was denied accreditation to an Ontario Progressive Conservative party election night event.

  • May 11, 2022
    Denial of access

    Vancouver School Board restricts student journalism

    A Vancouver School Board policy adopted in May 2022 appears to restrict some of the activities of student newspapers in the district. 

  • April 28, 2022
    Denial of access

    Vancouver School Board denies student journalist access to online meeting 

    The Vancouver School Board denied a journalist from student newspaper The Griffins’ Nest access to a public meeting.

  • April 14, 2022
    Denial of access

    Humber College apologizes after security guards stopped two journalism students who were filming for a class assignment on campus

    Humber journalism students Kyshia Osei and Makayla Verbruggen were confronted by campus security after a Starbucks employee reported that the two were filming in a public lobby, reported Humber News on April 14, 2022. 

  • April 14, 2022
    Denial of access

    Humber College apologizes after security guards stopped two journalism students who were filming for a class assignment on campus

    Humber journalism students Makayla Verbruggen and Kyshia Osei were confronted by campus security after a Starbucks employee reported that the two were filming in a public lobby, reported Humber News on April 14, 2022. 

  • March 4, 2022
    Denial of access

    Eric Hamber Secondary School administration obstructs student newspaper’s FOI request 

    The Vancouver School Board obstructed a freedom of information request from a journalist with student newspaper The Griffins’ Nest at Eric Hamber Secondary School.

  • February 24, 2022
    Denial of access

    Edmonton police revoke press credentials of The Progress Report

    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. 

  • February 20, 2022
    Denial of access

    Ottawa police officer tells photojournalist to stop photographing 

    An Ottawa police officer told photojournalist Carlos Osorio not to take photos while he was covering the convoy protest in downtown Ottawa on Feb. 20, 2022. 

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