A former Alberta justice minister allegedly hired an investigator to get a reporter’s phone call logs, aiming to find her sources for a story looking into whether his wedding broke COVID-19 restrictions, reported the Canadian Press.
In February 2021, HonestReporting Canada published at least one campaign which named at least one individual media worker or newsroom.
The Public Inquiry into Anti-Alberta Energy Campaigns in January 2021 accused major news outlets in Canada of including “propagandized climate change issues in their reporting,” drawing sharp criticism from the Canadian Association of Journalists.
As CTV Kitchener journalist Krista Sharpe filmed a stand-up on a sidewalk on Jan. 18, 2021, someone driving by screamed a sexist obscenity at her.
An arbitrator ruled that CBC “acted improperly” in firing CBC Manitoba journalist Ahmar Khan after a “chain of events” that began when he posted a tweet in which he described remarks Don Cherry made on Coach’s Corner as “xenophobic” and “deplorable.”
CBC News photojournalist Ben Nelms was punched in the face by a protester while documenting a pro-Trump protest in downtown Vancouver on Jan. 6, 2021.
A group of protesters swarmed CBC senior correspondent Katie Nicholson and a CBC videographer as they reported live in Washington, D.C. during the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
The windows of four marked TVA vehicles parked at the station’s Sherbrooke newsroom were smashed overnight between Jan. 6 and Jan. 7 2021, reported Radio-Canada.
In January 2021, HonestReporting Canada published at least three campaigns which named at least 11 individual media workers or newsrooms and which also included a means to contact them. Journalists targeted include Mark MacKinnon.