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  • February 20, 2025
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    Conservative party leader Pierre Poilievre restricts press conference questions 

    At a press conference in Toronto, federal Conservative party leader Pierre Poilievre refused to take questions except from publications which had been pre-selected by his communications team. Poilievre took questions from True North, Rebel News, Y Media SouthAsianDaily, Oxygen Canada News and Radio-Canada.  “When asked why, his team just said ‘That’s what we’re doing today,’”…

  • November 2, 2022
    Other

    CBC closes Beijing bureau after Chinese government refuses journalist visa

    CBC/Radio-Canada closed its Beijing bureau after the Chinese government refused to provide a journalist visa for the broadcaster’s new China correspondent. 

  • August 5, 2022
    Other

    Russia bans more Canadian media workers from the country, following prior sanctions

    Media workers were among 62 Canadians sanctioned by the Russian government and banned indefinitely from entering the country. 

  • May 18, 2022
    Other

    Russia closes CBC’s Moscow bureau and cancels journalists’ visas

    Russia’s foreign ministry announced it would close CBC/Radio-Canada’s Moscow bureau and cancel its reporters’ visas. 

  • April 21, 2022
    Other

    Russia bans Canadian journalists from the country

    Journalists were among 61 Canadians sanctioned by the Russian government and banned indefinitely from entering the country. 

  • September 27, 2021
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    Federal government asks Twitter, Meta to remove posts linking to Toronto Sun column

    The director of communications for the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada asked Twitter and Meta, the owner of Facebook, to remove social media posts linking to a Toronto Sun column, reported the Canadian Press. 

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