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  • November 22, 2024
    Physical attack

    TVA journalists assaulted by protesters

    TVA journalist Hadi Hassin, a TVA camera operator and two security guards were pushed repeatedly and sprayed with paint during a protest against NATO in downtown Montreal.  Videos of the incident show protesters gathered outside the Palais des congrès in Montreal. As masked protesters began smashing windows, people in the crowd began shoving the journalists. …

  • November 1, 2024
    Chilling statement

    Chilling statements by HonestReporting Canada in November 2024

    In November 2024, HonestReporting Canada published at least 54 campaigns which named at least 47 individual media workers.

  • October 29, 2024
    Subpoena/legal order

    Environmentalist protesters’ bail conditions prohibit speaking with journalists

    Two people charged with mischief for climbing a bridge in Montreal at an environmentalist protest were released on bail conditions, which included not speaking to journalists.  Two of the three people arrested agreed to the bail conditions; the third refused and began a hunger strike, reported La Presse. The prosecutor told the first of the…

  • October 24, 2024
    Chilling statement

    Former MP accuses journalist of being Russian agent

    In testimony at a House of Commons committee, former Conservative MP and cabinet minister Chris Alexander accused Ottawa Citizen journalist David Pugliese of being an “agent” paid by the Russian intelligence service. 

  • October 14, 2024
    Chilling statement

    Israeli government includes Canadian journalist on list of “antisemitic generators and influencers”

    The Israeli government’s Ministry for Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism included Toronto-based journalist Samira Mohyeddin on a list of “antisemitic generators and influencers in Canada.” 

  • October 3, 2024
    Denial of access

    Canadian Architect journalist denied access to Ontario government press briefing 

    A journalist with Canadian Architect magazine was denied access to an Ontario government technical briefing on a controversial project to redevelop Ontario Place, a waterfront public property in Toronto. 

  • October 3, 2024
    Denial of access

    Spacing journalist denied access to Ontario government press briefing 

    A journalist with Spacing magazine was denied access to an Ontario government technical briefing on a controversial project to redevelop Ontario Place, a waterfront public property in Toronto. 

  • October 2, 2024
    Illustration of a forest green corded phone hanging in front of black background.

    Why we know so little about Canadian prisons

    The restrictions placed on communication with the outside world mean that access-to-information is one of the only ways the few journalists covering prisons can unearth the realities of people incarcerated in provincial and federal institutions. Experts explain what that costs us and how to break through the bureaucracy

  • October 1, 2024
    Chilling statement

    Chilling statements by HonestReporting Canada in October 2024

    In October 2024, HonestReporting Canada published at least 47 campaigns which named at least 47 individual media workers.

  • September 29, 2024
    Physical attack

    Calgary radio host attacked 

    Radio host Rishi Nagar was assaulted by two people in Calgary, in an incident he believes was related to his reporting on a recent criminal incident and extortion targeting the city’s South Asian community. 

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