News Items tag as: free speech

Judge in hate speech trial won't hear free speech charter argument before trial
July 13, 2015 - 9:00 PM

QUESNEL - The hate-speech versus free-speech debate continues in a Quesnel courtroom after a judge decided to wait until the end of trial to hear constitutional arguments from the accused charged with promoting hatred.
Distributor of anti-gay flyers in Kamloops says he's leaving the country for good
March 18, 2015 - 7:28 PM

KAMLOOPS – The controversial author of a what some have called a 'hate-flyer' will no longer deliver them in Kamloops or any other Canadian city — according to his latest blog post, he's leaving the country for good.

Christian proselytizer Bill Whatcott, known across the country for delivering pamphlets targeting and discouraging homosexuality, abortion and most recently the CBC,

Controversial 'hate flyer' comes to Kamloops
March 06, 2015 - 4:17 PM

CHRISTIAN ANTI-GAY, ANTI-ABORTION ACTIVIST BILL WHATCOTT IN TOWN?
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Court agrees with ban on medical marijuana advertising in Mississippi
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Judge in hate speech trial won't hear free speech charter argument before trial