Court of Appeal has ordered a new trial in a defamation lawsuit against the National Post by climate-scientist and politician Andrew Weaver. Supreme Court justice found Weaver was defamed, but the appeal court overturned the decision, saying the judge made a mistake. Anne Marie Owens, editor-in-chief of the National Post, said in an email the newspaper is pleased with the appeal court decision. election, Weaver said it was the trial judge’s decision to take a combined approach to the articles. “On the contrary, in my view it was open to the judge to attribute such an imputation to the impugned words in each article,” wrote Justice Gail Dickson in the appeal court decision.

Source: National Post April 21, 2017 22:18 UTC