INCIDENTS

Incidents

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.” 

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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.