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May Day protesters arrested, teargassed 0 Verified
23:00 May 01, 2015
Over 80 protesters were detained and many more teargassed by police at May Day demonstrations in Montreal. The protests, which were organized...
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Woman convicted for Instagram post of anti-police graffiti 0 Verified
22:45 Apr 23, 2015
Jennifer Pawluck has been convicted of criminal harassment for an image she posted to Instagram in 2013 of street graffiti. The graffiti, which...
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Student anti-austerity protest ends with arrest 0 Verified
19:56 Apr 23, 2015
A student protest against austerity that kicked off two weeks of demonstrations ended in teargassing and several arrests by police. Students...
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West Hants, Nova Scotia bans recording of public meetings 0 Unverified
14:27 Mar 13, 2015
The Municipality of West Hants Council, in Nova Scotia has introduced a new policy relating to taking of photos or using recording devices during...
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Taber bans swearing, public noise in new town bylaw 0 Verified
17:22 Mar 12, 2015
The town of Taber, Alberta has unanimously passed a bylaw that ban public swearing and yelling, puts a curfew on teenagers, and allows police...
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The Wilderness Committee sued by Taseko Mines for defamation 0 Verified
11:50 Jan 19, 2015
Non-profit organization The Wilderness Committee is going to court against Taseko Mines for allegedly defamatory comments they made on Taseko’s...
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Vancouver Island, Strathcona Regional District, British Columbia, Canada
Kinder Morgan accused of SLAPP suit against Burnaby Mountain protesters 0 Unverified
23:07 Jan 14, 2015
The BC Supreme Court courts have ruled against throwing out an alleged SLAPP suit filed by Kinder Morgan against Burnaby Mountain protester...
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Burnaby, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada
*Updated* Injunction against Muskrat Falls protesters dropped 0 Unverified
23:52 Jan 12, 2015
Nalcor Energy has been granted in an injunction from the Newfoundland Supreme Court to stop members of the NunatuKavut Community Council from...
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Muskrat Falls, Trans-Labrador Highway, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Prostitution bill bans sex advertising 0 Verified
19:30 Dec 06, 2014
Canada's new prostitution legislation, Bill C-36, will ban the sale of advertisements for sexual services. The new law makes drastic changes...
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*Updated* Kinder Morgan granted injunction to stop protest on Burnaby Mountain, arrests made 0 Verified
20:35 Nov 23, 2014
Kinder Morgan has obtained an injunction against protesters at the Burnaby Mountain Conservation area, who had set up campsites to block the...
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Burnaby, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada
Danny Williams sues Telegram for defamation 0 Verified
14:45 Oct 09, 2014
According to the CBC, former premier Danny Williams is suing Newfoundland and Labrador’s Telegram newspaper for defamation for an editorial...
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York University reaches libel settlement with Toronto Life magazine 0 Verified
18:38 Aug 06, 2014
York University has reached an agreement with Toronto Life magazine, in a libel dispute where the magazine alleged that the campus was "a...
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Burlington residents hit with SLAPP suit 0 Verified
13:50 Jul 16, 2014
Three Burlington residents are being sued by Burlington Airpark for comments published in the Hamilton Spectator which criticized the company....
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B.C. Judge orders Google to block website 0 Verified
16:02 Jun 13, 2014
Supreme Court Justice Lauri Ann Fenlon has ruled that Google must remove the website of the company Datalink from its global search results....
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Burnaby, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada
Blogger reaches settlement on defamation case 0 Verified
17:21 Apr 07, 2014
Bishop Michael Bird of Niagara has reached a settlement with blogger David Jenkins on a defamation suit, in which the Bishop was suing Jenkins...
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Niagara, Niagara Falls, Regional Municipality of Niagara, Ontario, Canada
Website shut down after losing libel case 0 Verified
12:49 Jan 23, 2014
The political website freedominion.ca was shut down after its webmasters, Mark and Connie Fournier, lost a libel suit brought against them by...
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Journalist Mike Howe arrested repeatedly for covering protests 0 Verified
19:59 Nov 27, 2013
Journalist Mike Howe has been arrested three times for covering anti-fracking protests in Elsipogtog, NB. His second arrest on October 17 ,...
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Mayor of Calgary served with a SLAPP suit 0 Verified
13:32 Nov 21, 2013
Naheed Nenshi, mayor of Calgary, has been served notice of a $6M defamation lawsuit filed by home builder Cal Wendzel, for public comments Nenshi...
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Arthur Topham criminally charged with Hate Propaganda 0 Unverified
13:35 Nov 05, 2012
Arthur Topham, Publisher & Editor of the website RadicalPress.com based out of Cottonwood, British Columbia, has been criminally charged...
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Quesnel, Cariboo Regional District, British Columbia, Canada
Activist Jaggi Singh banned from participating in public demonstrations 0 Verified
19:56 Feb 01, 2011
Activist Jaggi Singh, who was arrested at the Toronto G20 protests in June 2011, has been banned from "organizing, participating in or...
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