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  • September 27, 2021
    Other

    Federal government asks Twitter, Meta to remove posts linking to Toronto Sun column

    The director of communications for the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada asked Twitter and Meta, the owner of Facebook, to remove social media posts linking to a Toronto Sun column, reported the Canadian Press. 

  • September 22, 2021
    Chilling statement

    Journalists receive threats after Maxime Bernier encourages followers to “play dirty”

    Journalists received harassing emails after People’s Party of Canada leader Maxime Bernier tweeted their email addresses and encouraged his followers to “play dirty.” 

  • September 22, 2021
    Chilling statement

    Journalists receive threats after Maxime Bernier encourages followers to “play dirty”

    Dozens of media workers received harassing emails after People’s Party of Canada leader Maxime Bernier tweeted the email addresses of three journalists and encouraged his followers to “play dirty.” 

  • September 22, 2021
    Chilling statement

    Journalists receive threats after Maxime Bernier encourages followers to “play dirty”

    Journalists received harassing emails after People’s Party of Canada leader Maxime Bernier tweeted their email addresses and encouraged his followers to “play dirty.” 

  • September 22, 2021
    Chilling statement

    Journalists receive threats after Maxime Bernier encourages followers to “play dirty”

    Journalists received harassing emails after People’s Party of Canada leader Maxime Bernier tweeted their email addresses and encouraged his followers to “play dirty.” 

  • 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. 

  • September 13, 2021
    Chilling statement

    B.C. Supreme Court throws out defamation suit against Victoria’s Capital Daily, awarding it costs

    The British Columbia Supreme Court has thrown out a defamation case against Capital Daily of Victoria, suggesting that the suit filed by Timothy Durkin should be dismissed as the case has ”strong indicia” of a strategic lawsuit against public participation, or SLAPP.

  • September 9, 2021
    Denial of access

    RCMP restrict media workers’ access as arrests made at Fairy Creek

    RCMP prevented journalists, including freelance photographer Chad Hipolito on assignment for the Globe and Mail, from approaching a protest camp in the Fairy Creek old-growth forest on Vancouver Island as officers arrested protesters on Sept. 9, 2021. 

  • September 1, 2021
    Intimidation/harassment

    Anti-vaccine protesters harass and threaten CTV journalist

    Anti-vaccine protesters in Victoria harassed and threatened CTV journalist Scott Cunningham, who said he was forced to leave the protest as a result. 

  • August 26, 2021
    Denial of access

    RCMP deny CBC crew vehicle access to Fairy Creek protest site

    RCMP officers refused to allow a CBC vehicle through a checkpoint on a road leading to a protest site near Fairy Creek, forcing the crew to make a 14-kilometre round-trip hike to access the area. 

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