INCIDENTS

Incidents

Canadaland news editor denied access to PC election event

Canadaland news editor Jonathan Goldsbie was denied accreditation to an Ontario Progressive Conservative party election night event.

Chilling statements by HonestReporting Canada in June 2022

In June 2022, HonestReporting Canada published at least four campaigns which named at least six individual media workers.

B.C. Court of Appeal upholds order for journalist’s emails and interview tape

The B.C. Supreme Court ordered Glacier Media journalist Alanna Kelly to turn over unpublished video of an interview with a complainant in a sexual assault case, as well as Kelly’s emails and text messages with the complainant and her lawyer. 

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. 

Vancouver School Board restricts student journalism

A Vancouver School Board policy adopted in May 2022 appears to restrict some of the activities of student newspapers in the district. 

Chilling statements by HonestReporting Canada in May 2022

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

Vancouver School Board denies student journalist access to online meeting 

The Vancouver School Board denied a journalist from student newspaper The Griffins’ Nest access to a public meeting.

Russia bans Canadian journalists from the country

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

Humber College apologizes after security guards stopped two journalism students who were filming for a class assignment on campus

Humber journalism students Kyshia Osei and Makayla Verbruggen were confronted by campus security after a Starbucks employee reported that the two were filming in a public lobby, reported Humber News on April 14, 2022. 

Humber College apologizes after security guards stopped two journalism students who were filming for a class assignment on campus

Humber journalism students Makayla Verbruggen and Kyshia Osei were confronted by campus security after a Starbucks employee reported that the two were filming in a public lobby, reported Humber News on April 14, 2022.