RCMP deny access, threaten to arrest Ricochet journalists
RCMP officers threatened to arrest and denied access to journalists Aleisha Langmann and Clay Nikiforuk, who were on assignment for Ricochet Media covering logging protests in Fairy Creek.
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Victoria Buzz photographer arrested at Fairy Creek blockades
RCMP officers arrested photojournalist Colin Smith, who was on assignment for Victoria Buzz covering protests against old-growth logging near Fairy Creek on Vancouver Island on Aug. 10, 2021.
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Chilling statements by HonestReporting Canada in August 2021
In August 2021, HonestReporting Canada published at least three campaigns which named individual media workers or newsrooms.
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Toronto police and security denied access to journalists documenting Lamport Stadium homeless encampment eviction
Toronto police and security denied access to reporters and threatened to arrest them if they didn’t leave the area during the eviction of a homeless encampment on July 21, 2021.
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Photojournalist detained while covering encampment clearing in Toronto’s Alexandra Park
City of Toronto corporate security arrested Chris Young, a photojournalist on assignment for the Canadian Press, on July 20, 2021.
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Toronto Police and City of Toronto security deny access to journalists covering Alexandra Park encampment eviction
Toronto police and City of Toronto security denied journalists access to a public park and forced them to wait outside a fenced area while police and city security guards evicted residents from a homeless encampment.
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RCMP officer falsely claims journalist Brandi Morin lied to police
An RCMP officer falsely claimed in an affidavit that journalist Brandi Morin had lied to police while on assignment covering protests at Fairy Creek.
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Sprawl reporter denied access to Trudeau news conference in Calgary
Jeremy Appel, a reporter with The Sprawl, was denied access to a July 7, 2021 news conference held by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Calgary.
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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.
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Chilling statements by HonestReporting Canada in July 2021
In July 2021, HonestReporting Canada published at least three campaigns which named at least three individual media workers or newsrooms.