Ex-Georgia Straight Editor Testifies about RCMP Pressure | The Tyee

Charlie Smith told a rights tribunal about the ‘media maelstrom’ after a bombshell report about historical abuse at two northern schools.

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RCMP Lawyers Suggest a Journalist Planted Memories in Burns Lake | The Tyee

Repeatedly, witnesses were asked if they’d written their own affidavits. They kept saying they just wanted to be heard and believed.

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