Freedom of Information

• ‘Flabbergasted’: B.C. denies family authorization to give Jaxon’s care info to media

  The health authority's silence has compounded the Abbotsford family's grief and trauma, said Jaxon's mother, who wants the media to press for answers on what happened to her son. 

  Politics

  Jun 2
  
• Toronto planned encampment clearing operation for months, built profiles of residents

  City documents show staff planned to post trespass notices at the encampments that would be enforceable within 72 hours.

  Canada

  May 1
  
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• N.S. rejects findings calling for release of documents on youth jail riot

  Information and privacy commissioner wrote that the department was refusing to release information about the risk of violence in the facility.

  Canada

  Mar 17
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• ‘Concerning’: FOI into B.C. woman’s potential fatal mauling returns 270 blank pages

  Ping 'Amy' Guo was found dead on a Pitt Meadows farm on Aug. 15. At the time, concerns were raised she may have been killed by an animal.

  Environment

  Mar 4
• B.C. government under pressure over proposal to charge for freedom of information requests

  Citizens' Services minister Lisa Beare suggested on Monday the fee would be $25 per non-personal request.

  Politics

  Oct 19, 2021
• Advocates call for expansion, greater transparency of access to information laws

  Written and oral submissions to a federal review call for expansion of the Access to Information Act

  Politics

  Sep 3, 2021
• 694 COVID-19 cases linked to N.S. schools as potential exposure sites

  The Nova Scotia Teachers Union president wants to know what the province's return to school will look like in the fall, given the hundreds of COVID-19 exposures linked to schools.

  Education

  Jul 15, 2021
• NDP seeks probe into 2017 ‘illegal’ access-to-information interference by Trudeau cabinet minister

  Records obtained by Global News show political staff for former Immigration Minister John McCallum sought to unmask the identity of an access-to-information requester.

  Politics

  May 22, 2021
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• Alberta brings in Clare’s Law, which allows access to intimate partner’s criminal records

  Alberta is the second province to bring in a law that could help people at risk of domestic violence learn about their intimate partner's criminal record.

  Crime

  Mar 30, 2021
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• Lethbridge police promise to cooperate fully with investigation into alleged unauthorized checks on MLA

  Chief Shahin Mehdizahdeh says the "vast majority" of officers and staff are committed to its policy of bias-free policing.

  Crime

  Mar 10, 2021