FOI this week in Canada

Harper concerned that RCMP apology in Dziekanski case was not genuine
Globe and Mail - Ian Bailey - ‎Jun 16, 2010‎
... Commissioner Gary Bass discusses the apology in an e-mail among documents released by the RCMP Wednesday in fulfilling an access-to-information request. ...

Mobster's murder case still shrouded in secrecy
Toronto Sun - Alan Shanoff - ‎Jun 19, 2010‎
So they filed an access to information request seeking various documents, including the OPP report detailing the investigation along with a Crown attorney ...

Former Canadian ambassador guilty of slander
Toronto Star - Denise Balkissoon - ‎Jun 16, 2010‎
He made an Access to Information request. A year later, he received 200 pages of blacked-out emails. Frustrated, he contacted lawyers Murray Klippenstein ...

Feds fail on harbour
London Free Press - Chip Martin - ‎Jun 17, 2010‎
An access-to-information request he filed 18 months ago has yet to produce a reply. The retired rear admiral from the Canadian Navy said he only learned of ...

Roadside brush clearing practical: HeddersonNor'Wester - Billy Canning - ‎Jun 17, 2010‎
But according to briefing documents obtained by The nor'wester through an access to information request, it suggests clearing roadside brush isn't the best ...


Fifty-one people hurt in ski lift accidents across B.C. in 2009

Vancouver Sun - Larry Pynn - ‎Jun 21, 2010‎
According to the Canada West Ski Areas Association, BC ski hills logged 5.8 million skier visits in the winter of 2008-09, down from 6.6 million visits in ...

Why does BC hate the HST more than us?
London Free Press - Geoff Turner - ‎Jun 18, 2010‎
Tieleman pointed to a memo produced by a Canadian Press freedom of information request that showed the BC government was in talks with the federal ...