March 8, 2018
Canada (Attorney General) v Canada Revenue Agency 2018 NSSC 51
In a NSSC decision, the court agreed on the need for notice to the media in the context of a Criminal Code ss.462.48 application.

February 9, 2018
R v Canadian Broadcasting Corp 2018 SCC 5
The SCC overturned a mandatory injunction ordered by the Alberta C of A, which would have forced the CBC to “unpublish” a murder victim’s name, even though the articles in question were published prior to any publication ban.

January 23, 2018
R v Stanley 2018 SKQB 27
Before selection of the jury, the judge dismissed the application of PostMedia, APTN, CTV, CBC and Global for permission to broadcast and live stream limited portions of the trial of Gerald Stanley using 3 fixed television cameras, and imposed a publication ban of the application and his decision until the jury retired to consider its verdict.

December 16, 2017
R v Millard and Smich 2015 ONSC 7561
In this ONSC decision from 2015, a publication ban was imposed, under s. 648(1), on all evidence adduced at pre-trial motions in the Tim Bosma murder case until the end of the trial in the Laura Babcock murder case. A verdict was handed down on December 16, 2017, allowing the publication of the reasons for which the pub ban was initially granted.

November 2, 2017
R v Wagner 2017 ONSC 6603
In granting this publication ban the Court comments on the distinction between the common law Dagenais/Mentuck test for a pub ban vs s. 486.5 of the Criminal Code.