Bibeau c La Presse et al 2019 QCCA
In this judgment, the Quebec Court of Appeal states that “at most” the absence of charges is just one of many factors that the Court has to consider in applying Dagenais/Mentuck under s. 487.3 of the Criminal Code.


Albo v The Winnipeg Free Press et al 2019 MBQB 34
In this decision the MBQB dismissed the claims of breach of copyright and breach of contract brought by a paid consultant on a story, who sued the Winnipeg Free Press for republishing the story as a book.


Guimont et al c Bussieres et al 2019 QCCA 200-09-009573-178
A unanimous Quebec Court of Appeal judgment has ruled that the Quebec Press Act, written in 1929 and designed to protect the freedom of newspapers, does not apply to articles published on the internet.


HMTQ v CBC 2019 ONSC 1079
In this ONSC decision, the CBC and PostMedia were found not to be in civil contempt, under s. 486.4 of the Criminal Code, of publication bans issued in criminal proceedings.