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  • September 13, 2024
    Chilling statement

    Ontario MPP posts name of journalist’s family restaurant in response to critical comment

    In response to a critical comment from journalist Samira Mohyeddin on social media, Goldie Ghamari, an independent Ontario MPP, posted the name of a restaurant owned by the journalist’s family and said she was “looking forward” to visiting.

  • September 1, 2024
    Chilling statement

    Chilling statements by HonestReporting Canada in September 2024

    In September 2024, HonestReporting Canada published at least 46 campaigns which named at least 53 individual media workers.

  • August 16, 2024
    Denial of access

    Media workers denied access to town of Jasper to cover wildfire

    On the day residents were allowed to return to Jasper, Alta. after a wildfire burned part of the town, media workers were again denied access and held at an RCMP checkpoint outside the town.  With a few exceptions, media workers were denied access to Jasper for most of three weeks in July and August 2024. …

  • August 1, 2024
    Chilling statement

    Chilling statements by HonestReporting Canada in August 2024

    In August 2024, HonestReporting Canada published at least 45 campaigns which named at least 31 individual media workers.

  • July 26, 2024
    Denial of access

    Media workers denied access to town of Jasper to cover wildfire

    Media workers were denied access to Jasper, Alta. to cover the aftermath of a wildfire on July 26, 2024, with just two outlets permitted to send journalists on a restricted media tour of the town. Officials with Parks Canada organized a second media tour with more journalists allowed to join on July 28. With a…

  • July 25, 2024
    Denial of access

    Media, including Globe and Mail, denied access to town of Jasper to cover wildfire

    Media workers, including Globe and Mail photojournalist Gavin John, were prevented from accessing Jasper, Alta. to cover a wildfire on July 25, 2024.  With a few exceptions, media workers were denied access to Jasper for most of three weeks in July and August 2024.  The Globe and Mail’s editorial board called the decision to ban…

  • July 25, 2024
    Denial of access

    Media, including CityNews, denied access to town of Jasper to cover wildfire

    Media workers, including CityNews journalist Sean Amato, were prevented from accessing Jasper, Alta. to cover a wildfire on July 25, 2024.  With a few exceptions, media workers were denied access to Jasper for most of three weeks in July and August 2024.  A spokesperson for Parks Canada told J-Source that journalists were initially barred from…

  • July 23, 2024
    Denial of access

    Montreal police threaten to arrest Pivot journalist

    A Montreal police officer threatened to arrest Oona Barrett, a video journalist with Pivot, as she was covering an environmentalist demonstration on a road near the Montreal airport. 

  • July 1, 2024
    Chilling statement

    Chilling statements by HonestReporting Canada in July 2024

    In July 2024, HonestReporting Canada published at least 58 campaigns which named at least 53 individual media workers

  • June 1, 2024
    Chilling statement

    Chilling statements by HonestReporting Canada in June 2024

    In June 2024, HonestReporting Canada published at least 66 campaigns which named at least 47 individual media workers.

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