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Tag / police

  • 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. 

  • April 15, 2024
    Arrest/criminal charge

    CUTV journalist arrested in Montreal

    Montreal police arrested CUTV journalist Savanna Craig while she was covering a pro-Palestinian protest inside a Scotiabank in downtown Montreal.

  • February 5, 2024
    Chilling statement

    Sûreté du Québec officers sue Radio-Canada for defamation

    Sûreté du Québec officers from Val-d’Or, Quebec are suing Radio-Canada and Radio-Canada journalist Josée Dupuis for defamation.

  • January 10, 2024
    Arrest/criminal charge

    Edmonton police arrest Ricochet journalist during encampment eviction

    Edmonton police officers arrested Ricochet journalist Brandi Morin while she was reporting on the forced eviction of people, many of them Indigenous, living in an encampment in a vacant lot east of the city’s downtown. 

  • January 7, 2024
    Denial of access

    Edmonton police deny access to journalists covering encampment eviction

    Edmonton police denied access to journalists covering the forced eviction of people living in an encampment in Dawson Park, near central Edmonton. 

  • January 7, 2024
    Denial of access

    Edmonton police deny access to journalists covering encampment eviction

    Edmonton police denied access to journalists covering the forced eviction of people living in an encampment in Dawson Park, near central Edmonton. 

  • December 20, 2023
    Arrest/criminal charge

    OPP detain and seize equipment from Guelph journalist

    An OPP officer detained GuelphToday journalist Richard Vivian and seized his equipment while Vivian was reporting on a vehicle collision in Guelph, Ontario.

  • October 12, 2023
    Arrest/criminal charge

    Canadian journalist convicted of ‘disseminating false information’ in Greece

    Freelance journalist Romain Chauvet was convicted of “disseminating false information” and received a six-month suspended jail sentence in Greece, after authorities claimed he made a bomb threat at an airport. 

  • July 6, 2023
    Chilling statement

    Rama First Nation police officer investigated over alleged threat to APTN journalist

    The Rama First Nation police service is investigating an officer for her emails to an APTN journalist who had covered her partner’s alleged assault of a person in custody. 

  • April 6, 2023
    Denial of access

    Vancouver police deny access to Vancouver Sun journalist during encampment eviction

    For a second day in a row, Vancouver police denied access to journalists covering the eviction of people living in an encampment at Hastings St. and Main St.

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