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Category / Incidents / Leak case

  • April 21, 2024
    Leak case

    City of Sherbrooke investigates leak of confidential report

    The city of Sherbrooke, Que. opened an investigation to find out who had leaked a confidential report to a journalist at La Tribune.   The report detailed internal affairs at the city’s executive committee, including allegations of political interference and poor management.  The city’s director general opened an investigation into the leak on April 25, 2024;…

  • July 2, 2021
    Leak case

    OPP investigating leaked Portapique mass shooting 911 call recordings

    Nova Scotia’s justice minister and the government of Nova Scotia called in the Ontario Provincial Police to investigate the leak of 911 call recordings from the Portapique, N.S. mass shooting, which were published by Frank magazine. 

  • May 26, 2021
    Leak case

    Ottawa’s city council asks integrity commissioner to investigate journalist sources after leaked memo

    Ottawa city council voted on May 26, 2021 to ask the city’s integrity commissioner to investigate who had leaked a confidential memo to the Ottawa Citizen.

  • February 13, 2021
    Leak case

    Former Alberta minister bought reporter’s phone logs to find sources, fixer alleges

    A former Alberta justice minister allegedly hired an investigator to get a reporter’s phone call logs, aiming to find her sources for a story looking into whether his wedding broke COVID-19 restrictions, reported the Canadian Press.

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