Supreme Court sides with CBC in publication ban case
OTTAWA — The CBC should not have been ordered to remove stories identifying a murdered Alberta girl from its online archives, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled.
The high court made the 9-0 decision Friday in a case that touches on the issue of publishing in the digital era.
In early March 2016, the CBC published two articles that included the name and photo of a 14-year-old girl who was found slain in an apartment building in Edson, Alta.
When the accused made a court appearance days later, the judge issued a publication ban on any information that might identify the victim.