September 16, 2013
Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd. v Ontario 2013 ONCJ 506
This judgment arose from an application by several media organizations to vary the order imposed by the lower court sealing an ITO. The search warrant was one of many obtained by the Toronto Police during ...

July 12, 2013
Kwok v Canada (NSERC) 2013 ABQB 395
Dr. Daniel Kwok is an associate professor at the University of Calgary. Between 2001 and 2005, the University of Alberta employed Dr. Kwok as an assistant professor. Since 2001, Dr. Kwok has received research grants ...

March 27, 2013
1654776 Ontario Limited v. Stewart 2013 ONCA 184
The Ontario Court of Appeal has upheld a lower court decision which ruled that a journalist should not be required to disclose the identity of confidential sources. "The public interest in promoting compliance with the disclosure regime regulated by the Securities Act can be adequately served without granting disclosure."

October 29, 2012
B.C. Civil Liberties Association v. Regina 2012
This judgment arose from an application by the BC Civil Liberties Association and the media to obtain access to the information used to obtain a search warrant. The Provincial Court of British Columbia rejected a bald assertion by the RCMP that parts of the Information to Obtain had to remain sealed because their release would impact an ongoing investigation.

October 2, 2012
Berthiaume c. Carignan 2012 QCCS 4628
Quebec Justice Marc-Andre Blanchard ruled that journalist, Andre Noel, would not have to answer questions or provide documents that would identify confidential sources. Blanchard J. ruled that the identity of the confidential sources was not ...