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Category / Incidents / Physical attack

  • January 6, 2022
    Physical attack

    Haitian journalist working for a Montreal online radio station killed 

    John Wesley Amady, a 32-year-old journalist working in Haiti for the Montreal online radio station Radio Écoute FM, was shot and killed on Jan. 6, 2022.

  • November 12, 2021
    Physical attack

    Toronto Star photographer assaulted on assignment

    Toronto Star photographer Rick Madonik was assaulted and harassed while working on a story about housing for refugees on Nov. 12, 2021. 

  • September 14, 2021
    Physical attack

    Shots fired at Brampton home of radio and TV host

    Gunshots were fired at the Brampton, Ont. home of Joginder Bassi, host of the radio and TV show Gaunda Punjab. 

  • June 25, 2021
    Physical attack

    Photojournalist assaulted at Fairy Creek blockade

    Angelo Scaia, a photojournalist on assignment for Ricochet Media, was assaulted during a blockade of an industrial lot near Lake Cowichan on June 25, 2021.

  • May 28, 2021
    Physical attack

    Anti-mask protesters spit on Winnipeg Free Press journalist, hurled slurs

    Two people spat on a Winnipeg Free Press journalist at a protest against COVID-19 health measures in Winnipeg on May 28, 2021.

  • April 4, 2021
    Physical attack

    CBC news vehicle vandalized in Kamloops, B.C.

    A CBC news vehicle was vandalized in Kamloops, B.C. over the weekend of April 4, 2021.

  • January 6, 2021
    Physical attack

    CBC News photojournalist attacked at pro-Trump protest in Vancouver during U.S. Capitol insurrection

    CBC News photojournalist Ben Nelms was punched in the face by a protester while documenting a pro-Trump protest in downtown Vancouver on Jan. 6, 2021.

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