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Jun 25, 2026
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Thunder Bay police change media policy following closed door oversight meeting
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ML v2 (DistilBERT)
0.360 · RIGHT
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0.180 · CENTER
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Article Excerpt
On June 12, we published this article, revealing for the first time a nearly two-year struggle to get journalist Jon Thompson added to the (local) media list of the Thunder Bay Police Service.
For a changing roster of made up reasons, and definitely not in retaliation for prior award-winning reporting that had embarrassed the department, the police force would not send Jon official communications he needs to do his job.
We engaged, repeatedly, with police officials up to and including chief Darcy Fleury, over the course of almost two years to try to resolve the issue diplomatically. Access…
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