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Tag / protest

  • January 27, 2022
    Intimidation/harassment

    Protester harasses Global News journalist

    A protester harassed Global News journalist Seán O’Shea and other media workers at a convoy protest in Vaughan, Ont. on Jan 27, 2022, calling the media “liars” and “criminals.” 

  • January 27, 2022
    Physical attack

    Convoy protesters assault, harass Canadian Press photographer 

    Protesters harassed and assaulted Canadian Press photographer Frank Gunn while he was covering the convoy passing through Toronto on Jan 27, 2022. 

  • November 19, 2021
    Arrest/criminal charge

    RCMP arrest and detain photojournalist and documentary filmmaker during pipeline protest on Wet’suwet’en territory

    RCMP officers arrested and detained photojournalist Amber Bracken and documentary filmmaker Michael Toledano during a land rights protest on Wet’suwet’en territory.

  • November 19, 2021
    Arrest/criminal charge

    RCMP arrest and detain documentary filmmaker and photojournalist during pipeline protest on Wet’suwet’en territory

    RCMP officers arrested and detained documentary filmmaker Michael Toledano and photojournalist Amber Bracken during a land rights protest on Wet’suwet’en territory.

  • November 18, 2021
    Arrest/criminal charge

    Journalist arrested during pipeline protest in Wet’suwet’en territory

    RCMP officers arrested journalist and documentary filmmaker Melissa Cox, who was covering demonstrations against the Coastal GasLink pipeline through Wet’suwet’en territory in northern British Columbia on Nov. 18, 2021.

  • November 17, 2021
    Intimidation/harassment

    Anti-vaccine protester harasses CP24 journalist

    An anti-vaccine protester harassed CP24 journalist Cristina Tenaglia while she was filming a live report about the COVID-19 vaccination campaign. 

  • September 9, 2021
    Denial of access

    RCMP restrict media workers’ access as arrests made at Fairy Creek

    RCMP prevented journalists, including freelance photographer Chad Hipolito on assignment for the Globe and Mail, from approaching a protest camp in the Fairy Creek old-growth forest on Vancouver Island as officers arrested protesters on Sept. 9, 2021. 

  • September 1, 2021
    Intimidation/harassment

    Anti-vaccine protesters harass and threaten CTV journalist

    Anti-vaccine protesters in Victoria harassed and threatened CTV journalist Scott Cunningham, who said he was forced to leave the protest as a result. 

  • August 26, 2021
    Denial of access

    RCMP deny CBC crew vehicle access to Fairy Creek protest site

    RCMP officers refused to allow a CBC vehicle through a checkpoint on a road leading to a protest site near Fairy Creek, forcing the crew to make a 14-kilometre round-trip hike to access the area. 

  • August 18, 2021
    Denial of access

    Halifax police threaten to arrest journalists covering homeless encampment eviction

    Halifax Regional Police threatened to arrest journalists and pushed a CTV video journalist covering the eviction of a homeless encampment. 

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