September 28, 2012
Saint John Police Force v. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation et al 2012 NBPC 17
The Provincial Court of New Brunswick orders search warrant information to obtain details unsealed in the Richard Oland homicide investigation.

April 27, 2012
Canwest Publishing Inc. v. Wilson
The British Columbia Court of Appeal has ruled that a journalist who is being sued for defamation is entitled to protect the identity of her confidential source. In overturning the lower court decision, the court found that the identity of the confidential source was not relevant to whether Canwest or the journalist had acted maliciously.

April 20, 2012
1654766 Ontario v. Stewart and The Globe and Mail
The Ontario Superior Court has ruled that a journalist should not be required to disclose the identity of confidential sources even though the published statements of those sources were possibly in breach of provincial securities law.

March 1, 2012
CONSTRUCTIONS LOUISBOURG LTÉE c. SOCIÉTÉ RADIO-CANADA
Constructions Louisbourg, owned by Antonio Accurso, pleaded guilty in December 2010, to fraud, based on charges brought by the Canada Revenue Agency. The conviction came with a fine of over $4 million. Radio-Canada broadcast a ...

January 10, 2011
Lougheed v. Wilson, 2010 BCSC 1871
This decision by the BC Supreme Court applies an extremely narrow interpretation of Globe and Mail (the "Polygone" decision by the Supreme Court). The dangerous circular reasoning at the heart of this decision says that in a defamation case, the motive of the source providing information to the journalist is relevant. To discover the source's motive, the Court requires his or her identity. This decision will be appealed.