A controversial child custody battle involving alleged white supremacist parents resumed in Winnipeg on Thursday with a focus on the lifestyle the couple exposed their children to.
But before the hearing even began, it wasn't the children or the parents who were the subject of the discussion in court but a media outlet that broadcast information it was not supposed to.
Global TV admitted it had identified the parents involved in the case, thereby violating a court-imposed publication ban.
Representatives for the province and Child and Family Services (CFS) argued the television station should be expelled for what they called a clear breach of privacy laws.
Representatives from Global flew in from Vancouver to personally appear in court as a show of remorse and to apologize. A lawyer for the station said the broadcast of the names, which remained on the broadcaster's website for more than four days, was an accident.
The judge ruled that Global could stay but only on the condition it no longer use any documents or photographs as part of its reporting on the ongoing story.
No evidence of harm from broadcast: CFS
CFS officials admitted there was no evidence of any manifest harm caused by broadcasting the information. However, the province could still proceed with criminal contempt charges that could result in Global being fined and even jail time for the
