Canadian Blog Site SHUT DOWN By Court Order...

Yes, you read that right. Calgary's Chief of Police, Jack Beaton siezed a computer from a private home that belonged to a blogger who was critical of him and his staff. A sweeping gag order was also issued to all those involved in the case.

NealeNews links the story from CBC News. Russ Brown, a Canadian legal expert at the University of Alberta says:

[T]he method Beaton used "is the most extraordinary civil remedy that can be issued pretrial."

But the fact remains that this remedy is legal in Canada because its citizens have no guaranty of their freedom of speech. And apparently even local government officials have this authority.

Here is the content of the website in question: Angry In The Great White North. Scary stuff.

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