http://www.j-source.ca en-us N/A nospam@mail.com Fri, 10 Sep 2010 12:31:51 MDT 20 http://www.j-source.ca/english_new/detail.php?id=4096 News
The Canadian Press has been fined $4,000 for contempt of court for breaching a publication ban imposed at a British Columbia murder trial last year. The wire service circulated a report that used the first name of an undercover RCMP officer whose identity was protected under a court-ordered ban. The CP reporter covering the case was aware of the ban but assumed the name used to identify the officer in court was a pseudonym; it turned out to be the officer's real name. The ruling will be of particular interest to online journalists, as the report appeared on only a handful of websites before CP realized its mistake, killed the story and apologized to the court. Read the Vancouver Sun report. Read the ruling.]]> no@spam.com (Dean Jobb) Thu, 23 Jul 2009 06:28:33 MDT http://www.j-source.ca/english_new/detail.php?id=4096 http://www.j-source.ca/english_new/detail.php?id=750 News

A British Columbia television station has been fined $2,000 after pleading guilty to violating a court order shielding the identity of an undercover police officer. Kelowna-based CHBC Television��showed the��officer with her face obscured, but the court order prohibited the publication or broadcast of “any likeness” of undercover officers called as witnesses. The ruling said there was a “significant risk” of recognition, which could jeopardize her undercover work and her safety. Read CHBC’s news report on the case.]]> no@spam.com (Dean Jobb) Mon, 19 Feb 2007 12:27:06 MST http://www.j-source.ca/english_new/detail.php?id=750 http://www.j-source.ca/english_new/detail.php?id=474 Feature
Did the BBC risk running afoul of Britain's contempt of court laws when it aired an interview with a suspect in the Suffolk prostitute murders? BBC media correspondent Torin Douglas reports.]]> no@spam.com (Dean Jobb) Sun, 31 Dec 2006 12:27:20 MST http://www.j-source.ca/english_new/detail.php?id=474 http://www.j-source.ca/english_new/detail.php?id=241 Feature
In Canada, you're innocent until proven guilty. You wouldn't know it from reading some of Christie Blatchford's columns on high-profile trials. Mike Drach of the Ryerson Review of Journalism explains how one journalist has pushed the limits of the law of contempt of court.]]> no@spam.com (Dean Jobb) Mon, 23 Oct 2006 12:27:35 MDT http://www.j-source.ca/english_new/detail.php?id=241