INCIDENTS

Incidents

Halifax police threaten to arrest journalists covering homeless encampment eviction

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

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. 

RCMP deny access, threaten to arrest Ricochet journalists

RCMP officers threatened to arrest and denied access to journalists Aleisha Langmann and Clay Nikiforuk, who were on assignment for Ricochet Media covering logging protests in Fairy Creek.

RCMP deny access, threaten to arrest Ricochet journalists 

RCMP officers threatened to arrest and denied access to journalists Clay Nikiforuk and Aleisha Langmann, who were on assignment for Ricochet Media covering logging protests in Fairy Creek.

Victoria Buzz photographer arrested at Fairy Creek blockades

RCMP officers arrested photojournalist Colin Smith, who was on assignment for Victoria Buzz covering protests against old-growth logging near Fairy Creek on Vancouver Island on Aug. 10, 2021.

RCMP officer falsely claims journalist Brandi Morin lied to police

An RCMP officer falsely claimed in an affidavit that journalist Brandi Morin had lied to police while on assignment covering protests at Fairy Creek.

Photojournalist assaulted at Fairy Creek blockade

Angelo Scaia, a photojournalist on assignment for Ricochet Media, was assaulted during a blockade of an industrial lot near Lake Cowichan on June 25, 2021.

RCMP makes arrests at Fairy Creek after telling media enforcement was over for the day

The RCMP arrested and removed a protester during demonstrations against old-growth logging in the forest near Fairy Creek, B.C., after telling journalists to leave the area and that enforcement had ended for the day. 

Anti-mask protesters spit on Winnipeg Free Press journalist, hurled slurs

Two people spat on a Winnipeg Free Press journalist at a protest against COVID-19 health measures in Winnipeg on May 28, 2021.

Ricochet Media reporters denied access to RCMP enforcement site at Fairy Creek Protests

Ricochet Media reporters Michael Simkin and Jerome Turner were denied access to an area where RCMP were conducting enforcement of the Fairy Creek demonstrations on May 27, 2021.