Category: cbc news

Woman Files $10.5 Million Lawsuit Against Federal Government and CBC for Vaccine Harms

A Canadian mother of three who says she suffered “permanent, significant physical, psychological, and emotional harms, and other damages” after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine has filed a $10.5 million lawsuit against the federal government, Alberta Health Services, and CBC News. According to a July 3 media release by the groups Empowered Canadians and The Institute for…


CBC Announces Pause on Twitter Activity Following ‘Government-Funded Media’ Label

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) announced it will temporarily cease its Twitter activities, following its labelling by the platform as “government-funded media.” “Our journalism is impartial and independent. To suggest otherwise is untrue,” CBC said on Twitter on April 17. “That is why we are pausing our activities on Twitter.” Twitter applied the labrel to the CBC…


CBC News Defends Coutts Story After Alberta Premier Accuses Broadcaster of Making ‘Baseless Allegations’

CBC News says it “stands by its journalism” after Alberta Premier Danielle Smith issued a statement accusing the national broadcaster of publishing an article that was “defamatory” and made “baseless allegations.” The article, published on Jan. 19, cited one anonymous source who alleged that an unnamed staff member in the premier’s office had sent multiple…


Alberta Premier Accuses CBC of Publishing ‘Defamatory Article’ With ‘Baseless Allegations,’ Calls for Apology

EDMONTON—Alberta Premier Danielle Smith issued a statement Wednesday accusing CBC News of publishing a “defamatory article containing baseless allegations” suggesting that staff in her office had sent multiple emails to Alberta crown prosecutors concerning ongoing legal matters. This concerned “charges related to the Coutts protest and other pandemic-related matters before the courts,” said the Jan….