INCIDENTS

Incidents

Chilling statements by HonestReporting Canada in March 2023

In March 2023, HonestReporting Canada published at least seven campaigns which named at least six individual media workers.

Edmonton Police Service refuse to answer questions at press conference

During a press conference at Edmonton Police Service headquarters, city police officers told Duncan Kinney, editor of The Progress Report, that he would not be able to ask questions and would be asked to leave if he “create(d) a scene.” 

Chilling statements by HonestReporting Canada in February 2023

In February 2023, HonestReporting Canada published at least seven campaigns which named at least four individual media workers.

Chilling statements by HonestReporting Canada in January 2023

In January 2023, HonestReporting Canada published at least two campaigns which named at least two individual media workers.

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. 

Chilling statements by HonestReporting Canada in December 2022

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

Ontario Provincial Police order documentary filmmaker to turn over footage

Ontario Provincial Police obtained a court order to force filmmaker Jamie Kastner to provide complete raw footage of 17 interviews filmed for a TVO documentary about art forgery.  Police asked Kastner for the footage; when he refused, they obtained a court order in November 2022, and Kastner was forced to hand it over in March…

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. 

Chilling statements by HonestReporting Canada in November 2022

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

TVA vehicles damaged in Quebec City

Seven vehicles owned by TVA were damaged overnight between Oct. 17 and Oct. 18 , 2022.