Chilling statements by HonestReporting Canada in May 2021
In May 2021, HonestReporting Canada published at least 16 campaigns which named at least 13 individual media workers.
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Anti-mask protesters spit on Winnipeg Free Press journalist, hurled slurs
Two people spat on a Winnipeg Free Press journalist at a protest against COVID-19 health measures in Winnipeg on May 28, 2021.
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RCMP makes arrests at Fairy Creek after telling media enforcement was over for the day
The RCMP arrested and removed a protester during demonstrations against old-growth logging in the forest near Fairy Creek, B.C., after telling journalists to leave the area and that enforcement had ended for the day.
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Ricochet Media reporters denied access to RCMP enforcement site at Fairy Creek protests
Ricochet Media reporters Jerome Turner and Michael Simkin were denied access to an area where RCMP were conducting enforcement of the Fairy Creek demonstrations on May 27, 2021.
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Ricochet Media reporters denied access to RCMP enforcement site at Fairy Creek Protests
Ricochet Media reporters Michael Simkin and Jerome Turner were denied access to an area where RCMP were conducting enforcement of the Fairy Creek demonstrations on May 27, 2021.
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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.
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RCMP delay media entry to raid site at Fairy Creek protests
RCMP delayed press entry to a protest site near Port Renfrew, B.C. on May 26, 2021, where media later learned that officers were arresting protesters.
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B.C. RCMP deny access to journalists at Fairy Creek
BC RCMP officers threatened to arrest media workers including Global News journalist Paul Johnson, and denied them access to an area where police expected to arrest people protesting old-growth logging on southern Vancouver Island.
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RCMP temporarily deny Ha-Shilth-Sa journalist access to cover a raid at Fairy Creek
Ha-Shilth-Sa Newspaper journalist Melissa Renwick was temporarily denied access to an area where an RCMP raid was taking place at the Caycuse camp near Honeymoon Bay, B.C., on May 25, 2021.
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RCMP temporarily deny Ricochet Media journalist access to cover a raid at Fairy Creek
Ricochet Media journalist Michael Simkin was temporarily denied access to an area where an RCMP raid was taking place at the Caycuse camp near Honeymoon Bay, B.C., on May 25, 2021.