January 28, 2016
Inquest Motion re broadcasting Provincial Court of Manitoba 2016 28 January
The media applicants sought an order to be permitted to record, videotape and broadcast inquest proceedings into the deaths of Durval David Tavares and Sheldon Anthony McKay at Stony Mountain Institute. They were granted the right to record audio only and to broadcast those recordings.

January 25, 2016
Taseko Mines Limited v Western Canada Wilderness Committee 2016 BCSC 109
A defamation action by a mining company against an environmental organization over five internet articles was dismissed after trial, with special costs for a substantial portion of the proceeding.

January 15, 2016
Office of the Chief Coroner v Can. Assoc. of Elizabeth Fry Soc. and The Elizabeth Fry Soc. of Sk. (15January2016) Saskaton, QBG 1640/2015 (SaskQB)
The Saskatchewan Court of Queen's Bench denied applications to close the court room during a judicial review application and for a sealing order of a report into the death of a women offender at the Regional Psychiatric Centre, Prairie Region prepared by a Board of Investigation appointed under the Corrections and Conditional Release Act.

January 14, 2016
500-36-006633-138 2016 Court of Quebec
The Court of Quebec allows the media to publish information contained in an ITO to obtain a restraint or freeze order even if that same information is covered by a publication ban in the bail hearing and in the ongoing preliminary inquiry.

January 11, 2016
R v Nuttall 2016 BCSC 73
The judge in this criminal trial, dealing with a question of entrapment, held that the Dagenais/Mentuck analysis applies regardless of CSIS concerns over identifying a possible “CSIS human source”. The judge reversed an earlier decision to go in camera and released a transcript, redacting information identifying the source for their safety.