Posted by Tyler Sutherland The citizen who shot video of Polish immigrant Robert Dziekanski being Tasered at the Vancouver airport in 2007 has received the first-ever Citizen Journalism Award. The Canadian Journalists for Free Expression honoured Paul Pritchard on Tuesday for his footage and courage to fight a public battle to free the video from [...]

Posted by Brian Schultz An RCMP officer testifying at this week’s public inquiry into the death of Robert Dziekanski says he feared for his safety when the Polish immigrant pointed a stapler at him. Dziekanski was Tasered 5 times and eventually died after authorities found him causing a disturbance in Vancouver’s airport October 14, 2007. [...]

A new report out by the Canadian Newspaper Association (CNA) names Winnipeg’s police as the worst offenders for Freedom of Information Compliance. The audit looked at how thoroughly information is documented and released throughout Canada with police agencies, such as Taser use and firearm-related incidents. The annual exercise tests how readily officials disclose information that [...]

Posted by Tyler Sutherland Is anyone else furious at the fact that the Manitoba Métis Federation, particularly President David Chartrand, has come out playing the race card in Winnipeg’s first Taser death that killed 17-year-old Michael Langan? For starters, Michael’s parents don’t even appear to be Métis — neither did Michael — which would have [...]