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  • February 1, 2023
    Chilling statement

    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.” 

  • February 1, 2023
    Chilling statement

    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.

  • January 1, 2023
    Chilling statement

    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.

  • December 19, 2022

    Introducing the Canada Press Freedom Project

    The Canada Press Freedom Project, an initiative of J-Source, brings together organizations across disciplines and the country to provide systematic documentation of press freedom violations and tools and resources to help people understand and navigate incursions on their rights and threats to the public record.

  • 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. 

  • December 1, 2022
    Chilling statement

    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.

  • November 28, 2022
    Subpoena/legal order

    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…

  • 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. 

  • November 1, 2022
    Chilling statement

    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.

  • October 17, 2022

    TVA vehicles damaged in Quebec City

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

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