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Man charged after female TV reporter hit with sexist 'FHRITP' slur in Newfoundland: Police
THE CANADIAN PRESS
First posted: Tuesday, April 25, 2017 12:21 PM EDT | Updated: Tuesday, April 25, 2017 12:29 PM EDT
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — A 27-year-old Newfoundland man has been charged for allegedly yelling a sexually explicit phrase at a TV journalist, who went to police with the complaint because she said she has had enough of being harassed with the vulgar comments.
NTV reporter Heather Gillis was interviewing a city councillor at a St. John’s landfill on Monday when a grey truck drove by and one of two men inside allegedly called out a phrase — often abbreviated to “FHRITP” — that has repeatedly been directed at female television reporters and videographers.
“I’m fed up — I’m tired of it,” she said from her office Tuesday. “No one should have to endure that while they’re working. I’m a professional and I was humiliated interviewing a politician. It’s time for it to stop.”
Gillis managed to snap a picture of the truck, capturing the licence plate, which she posted on Twitter with the comment that she was “publicly shaming” the driver. By midday Tuesday, it had been retweeted 380 times and was trending across Canada.
Police saw the post and encouraged Gillis to contact them, responding with the tweet: “Being a loser may not be criminal, but Causing a Disturbance, (section) 175 of the Criminal Code is.”
Sgt. Paul Didham of the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary said Tuesday that officers tracked down the truck’s driver and charged him with causing a disturbance in a public place. He is due in court in June 1.
“The comments are senseless and degrading,” Didham said. “They were made in a public place and they were made in such a way that they disturbed the public.”
The phenomenon has plagued journalists in the United States and Canada since 2015, with one of the more high-profile cases involving a heckler screaming it at a Toronto reporter as she was covering a Toronto FC soccer game.
Toronto’s CityNews reporter Shauna Hunt confronted several men about their use of the sexually explicit remarks while doing fan interviews. One of the men was fired by Hydro One after CityNews aired the video. In Calgary, police charged a man with a traffic offence in May 2015 after he hurled the same vulgarity at a CBC journalist.
Gillis said it was the third time she has been targeted with the expression since she started working at the broadcaster in December 2011. The 29-year-old reporter said about a year ago, she was on the street waiting to go live on air when someone yelled it at her. Prior to that, she said she was out getting visuals when a car full of teenagers drove by and some of them screamed it at her.
Gillis said she was motivated to publicize the incident since every one of her female colleagues in the city has had the same experience.
“(I’m) glad that I’m standing up for myself and the other women who work in this business,” she said. “Hopefully this will set an example that this kind of behaviour needs to stop.”
Coun. Danny Breen, who Gillis was interviewing at the time, also said it wasn’t the first time it has happened as he was being interviewed by female reporters. He said on one or two occasions, men have heckled them as they did interviews.
“There’s just no need for this,” he said. “This was just a very vulgar, rude act that just has no place today so hopefully this will put an end to it.”
Breen said police contacted him Monday and he gave them his account of what took place.
Heather Gillis (Twitter)
Man charged after female TV reporter hit with sexist 'FHRITP' slur in Newfoundla
THE CANADIAN PRESS
First posted: Tuesday, April 25, 2017 12:21 PM EDT | Updated: Tuesday, April 25, 2017 12:29 PM EDT
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — A 27-year-old Newfoundland man has been charged for allegedly yelling a sexually explicit phrase at a TV journalist, who went to police with the complaint because she said she has had enough of being harassed with the vulgar comments.
NTV reporter Heather Gillis was interviewing a city councillor at a St. John’s landfill on Monday when a grey truck drove by and one of two men inside allegedly called out a phrase — often abbreviated to “FHRITP” — that has repeatedly been directed at female television reporters and videographers.
“I’m fed up — I’m tired of it,” she said from her office Tuesday. “No one should have to endure that while they’re working. I’m a professional and I was humiliated interviewing a politician. It’s time for it to stop.”
Gillis managed to snap a picture of the truck, capturing the licence plate, which she posted on Twitter with the comment that she was “publicly shaming” the driver. By midday Tuesday, it had been retweeted 380 times and was trending across Canada.
Police saw the post and encouraged Gillis to contact them, responding with the tweet: “Being a loser may not be criminal, but Causing a Disturbance, (section) 175 of the Criminal Code is.”
Sgt. Paul Didham of the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary said Tuesday that officers tracked down the truck’s driver and charged him with causing a disturbance in a public place. He is due in court in June 1.
“The comments are senseless and degrading,” Didham said. “They were made in a public place and they were made in such a way that they disturbed the public.”
The phenomenon has plagued journalists in the United States and Canada since 2015, with one of the more high-profile cases involving a heckler screaming it at a Toronto reporter as she was covering a Toronto FC soccer game.
Toronto’s CityNews reporter Shauna Hunt confronted several men about their use of the sexually explicit remarks while doing fan interviews. One of the men was fired by Hydro One after CityNews aired the video. In Calgary, police charged a man with a traffic offence in May 2015 after he hurled the same vulgarity at a CBC journalist.
Gillis said it was the third time she has been targeted with the expression since she started working at the broadcaster in December 2011. The 29-year-old reporter said about a year ago, she was on the street waiting to go live on air when someone yelled it at her. Prior to that, she said she was out getting visuals when a car full of teenagers drove by and some of them screamed it at her.
Gillis said she was motivated to publicize the incident since every one of her female colleagues in the city has had the same experience.
“(I’m) glad that I’m standing up for myself and the other women who work in this business,” she said. “Hopefully this will set an example that this kind of behaviour needs to stop.”
Coun. Danny Breen, who Gillis was interviewing at the time, also said it wasn’t the first time it has happened as he was being interviewed by female reporters. He said on one or two occasions, men have heckled them as they did interviews.
“There’s just no need for this,” he said. “This was just a very vulgar, rude act that just has no place today so hopefully this will put an end to it.”
Breen said police contacted him Monday and he gave them his account of what took place.
Heather Gillis (Twitter)
Man charged after female TV reporter hit with sexist 'FHRITP' slur in Newfoundla
FHRITP complaint investigated by RCMP after CBC Newfoundland reporter receives vulgar heckling
THE CANADIAN PRESS
First posted: Friday, August 04, 2017 01:17 PM EDT | Updated: Friday, August 04, 2017 01:31 PM EDT
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — Police are investigating after a female reporter was heckled with a notorious sexist slur while on camera in St. John’s, N.L.
Const. Geoff Higdon of the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary says they received a complaint Thursday that a CBC reporter was heckled as she reported from the annual St. John’s Regatta a day earlier.
Peter Gullage, executive producer for CBC Newfoundland and Labrador, said Friday reporter Carolyn Stokes was doing a lakeside interview. A young man ran up behind her and screamed the phrase — often abbreviated to “FHRITP” — as a friend recorded it, he said.
“It happened in full HD — the guy ran up to Carolyn and yelled it,” Gullage said. “From our point of view it’s workplace harassment.”
The phenomenon has plagued journalists in the United States and Canada since 2015, with one of the more high-profile cases involving a heckler screaming it at a reporter covering a Toronto FC soccer game.
Toronto’s CityNews reporter Shauna Hunt confronted several men about their use of the sexually explicit remarks while doing fan interviews. One of the men was fired by Hydro One after CityNews aired the video. In Calgary, police charged a man with a traffic offence in May 2015 after he hurled the same vulgarity at a CBC journalist.
WARNING: Video contains graphic language
Meanwhile, a man accused of shouting the same slur at another St. John’s news reporter last April entered a not guilty plea to a mischief charge Thursday.
NTV reporter Heather Gillis was interviewing a city councillor in April when a man in a passing truck allegedly called out the phrase. Gillis said it was the third time she has been targeted with the expression since she started working at the broadcaster in December 2011.
“I’m fed up — I’m tired of it,” Gillis said in April. “No one should have to endure that while they’re working. I’m a professional and I was humiliated interviewing a politician. It’s time for it to stop.”
Gullage said the CBC caught the most recent slur on video.
“The investigation is ongoing,” Higdon said Friday.
Another FHRITP incident in St. John's, another police complaint filed - Newfoundland & Labrador - CBC News
FHRITP complaint investigated by RCMP after CBC Newfoundland reporter receives v
THE CANADIAN PRESS
First posted: Friday, August 04, 2017 01:17 PM EDT | Updated: Friday, August 04, 2017 01:31 PM EDT
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — Police are investigating after a female reporter was heckled with a notorious sexist slur while on camera in St. John’s, N.L.
Const. Geoff Higdon of the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary says they received a complaint Thursday that a CBC reporter was heckled as she reported from the annual St. John’s Regatta a day earlier.
Peter Gullage, executive producer for CBC Newfoundland and Labrador, said Friday reporter Carolyn Stokes was doing a lakeside interview. A young man ran up behind her and screamed the phrase — often abbreviated to “FHRITP” — as a friend recorded it, he said.
“It happened in full HD — the guy ran up to Carolyn and yelled it,” Gullage said. “From our point of view it’s workplace harassment.”
The phenomenon has plagued journalists in the United States and Canada since 2015, with one of the more high-profile cases involving a heckler screaming it at a reporter covering a Toronto FC soccer game.
Toronto’s CityNews reporter Shauna Hunt confronted several men about their use of the sexually explicit remarks while doing fan interviews. One of the men was fired by Hydro One after CityNews aired the video. In Calgary, police charged a man with a traffic offence in May 2015 after he hurled the same vulgarity at a CBC journalist.
WARNING: Video contains graphic language
Meanwhile, a man accused of shouting the same slur at another St. John’s news reporter last April entered a not guilty plea to a mischief charge Thursday.
NTV reporter Heather Gillis was interviewing a city councillor in April when a man in a passing truck allegedly called out the phrase. Gillis said it was the third time she has been targeted with the expression since she started working at the broadcaster in December 2011.
“I’m fed up — I’m tired of it,” Gillis said in April. “No one should have to endure that while they’re working. I’m a professional and I was humiliated interviewing a politician. It’s time for it to stop.”
Gullage said the CBC caught the most recent slur on video.
“The investigation is ongoing,” Higdon said Friday.
Another FHRITP incident in St. John's, another police complaint filed - Newfoundland & Labrador - CBC News
FHRITP complaint investigated by RCMP after CBC Newfoundland reporter receives v
Mohawk College investigating 'FHRITP' harassment of TV reporter
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Published:
November 23, 2017
Updated:
November 23, 2017 1:29 PM EST
CHCH News reporter Britt Dixon (Twitter)
HAMILTON — Mohawk College says it’s investigating two incidents in which a television reporter says she was sexually harassed by students.
In a posting on the school’s Facebook page, president Ron McKerlie says campus security is looking into “misogynistic words” used by two students on Tuesday. ‘
CHCH reporter Britt Dixon was reporting on students returning to class following a five-week college faculty strike and said Tuesday on Twitter that a male student yelled a lewd comment behind her in the middle of an interview.
Later she tweeted “Wow twice in one day.”
McKerlie says he has personally apologized to the reporter on behalf of the college and says sexual harassment is a clear violation of Mohawk’s student behaviour policy.
He says violating the policy can result in suspension or expulsion and, at a minimum, students are required to apologize and sign a behaviour contract.
McKerlie calls the incident “deeply disappointing” and not reflective the college’s values.
“If you somehow believe it is acceptable or humorous to demean and sexually harass women then you are not welcome at Mohawk,” he said.
Mohawk College investigating ‘FHRITP’ harassment of TV reporter | Toronto Sun
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Published:
November 23, 2017
Updated:
November 23, 2017 1:29 PM EST
CHCH News reporter Britt Dixon (Twitter)
HAMILTON — Mohawk College says it’s investigating two incidents in which a television reporter says she was sexually harassed by students.
In a posting on the school’s Facebook page, president Ron McKerlie says campus security is looking into “misogynistic words” used by two students on Tuesday. ‘
CHCH reporter Britt Dixon was reporting on students returning to class following a five-week college faculty strike and said Tuesday on Twitter that a male student yelled a lewd comment behind her in the middle of an interview.
Later she tweeted “Wow twice in one day.”
McKerlie says he has personally apologized to the reporter on behalf of the college and says sexual harassment is a clear violation of Mohawk’s student behaviour policy.
He says violating the policy can result in suspension or expulsion and, at a minimum, students are required to apologize and sign a behaviour contract.
McKerlie calls the incident “deeply disappointing” and not reflective the college’s values.
“If you somehow believe it is acceptable or humorous to demean and sexually harass women then you are not welcome at Mohawk,” he said.
Mohawk College investigating ‘FHRITP’ harassment of TV reporter | Toronto Sun
...but reporters can lie to you all day every day about world shaking events and that's OK
If her accuracy reporting these events is at the same level as honest and accuracy of the MSN, I would ask for a jury trial.
She might be doing a HILLARY
If her accuracy reporting these events is at the same level as honest and accuracy of the MSN, I would ask for a jury trial.
She might be doing a HILLARY
Halifax police investigate after TV reporter heckled with crude phrase
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Published:
December 30, 2017
Updated:
December 30, 2017 5:06 PM EST
Heather Butts.
HALIFAX — Police say they are investigating after a TV journalist was heckled with a misogynist taunt while reporting live from a Halifax bar.
CTV Atlantic reporter Heather Butts told her Twitter followers she was fine on Friday after an “offensive” phrase was hurled at her during the station’s 6 p.m. broadcast.
Butts was doing a live hit from the Pint Public House in Halifax where fans were watching a world junior hockey championship game when the incident occurred.
A recording shows a man who approaches Butts and appears to make a crude gesture while calling out a sexually explicit phrase.
Butts turned around and continued her report without acknowledging the comment, and later anchored the station’s news show at 11:30 p.m.
“During a live hit at a local bar tonight, something offensive was said to me and it went on the air,” she said on Twitter on Friday evening.
“I want everyone to know that I am fine and I thank you all for your support. I will be pursuing this further.”
Staff Sgt. Greg Mason of Halifax Regional Police said officers have followed up on a complaint regarding the broadcast and are waiting to hear if the complainant wants to proceed with the investigation.
“We’ve spoken to all the people who appear to be involved right now, other than the individual that made the comment,” Mason said on Saturday.
Officers have been working to identify the man who interrupted Butts’ report, said Mason, adding he could face a mischief charge.
Butts turned down an interview request on Saturday, and CTV Atlantic’s news director declined to comment other than to say the station is pursuing the matter with police.
A few journalists have expressed support for Butts, saying the incident represents a broader problem of harassment of female broadcast reporters and videographers, sometimes involving a graphic phrase.
“Congratulations on intimidating a professional and embarrassing your family and yourself,” CTV News host Jayson Clay Baxter tweeted about the man involved.
“Why does this continue to happen?”
CBC Nova Scotia reporter Marina von Stackelberg said she experienced a similar form of harassment a few weeks ago while she was working on a story in Dartmouth, when in the middle of an interview, a heckler shouted an obscenity from his car and drove away.
“I think it completely throws you off, and you do your best to just kind of refocus and do your job the way you’re trying to do your job,” von Stackelberg said in an interview on Saturday.
“When I got back into the car to drive home, I was angry and frustrated and flustered, because it’s hard not to be bothered by something like that.”
She said it was the second time she had been hit with the sexist slur, and it’s an experience that’s become all too common for female broadcast journalists.
In November, an American man was charged with causing a disturbance after yelling a vulgar phrase at CHCH reporter Britt Dixon while she was interviewing a Hamilton police officer.
Dixon said it was the third time that had happened to her over the course of four days.
In August, police charged a Newfoundland man with causing a disturbance after he yelled the phrase at a reporter. Police laid a mischief charge against another Newfoundland man who yelled the same thing toward a journalist in April.
A Toronto FC soccer fan shouted the phrase during an interview with CityNews reporter Shauna Hunt in 2015.
His friend laughed, dismissing the comment as a joke, and was fired by Hydro One after the station aired the video. He was later rehired as part of an arbitration process, Hydro One said at the time.
Halifax police investigate after TV reporter heckled with crude phrase | Toronto Sun
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Published:
December 30, 2017
Updated:
December 30, 2017 5:06 PM EST
Heather Butts.
HALIFAX — Police say they are investigating after a TV journalist was heckled with a misogynist taunt while reporting live from a Halifax bar.
CTV Atlantic reporter Heather Butts told her Twitter followers she was fine on Friday after an “offensive” phrase was hurled at her during the station’s 6 p.m. broadcast.
Butts was doing a live hit from the Pint Public House in Halifax where fans were watching a world junior hockey championship game when the incident occurred.
A recording shows a man who approaches Butts and appears to make a crude gesture while calling out a sexually explicit phrase.
Butts turned around and continued her report without acknowledging the comment, and later anchored the station’s news show at 11:30 p.m.
“During a live hit at a local bar tonight, something offensive was said to me and it went on the air,” she said on Twitter on Friday evening.
“I want everyone to know that I am fine and I thank you all for your support. I will be pursuing this further.”
Staff Sgt. Greg Mason of Halifax Regional Police said officers have followed up on a complaint regarding the broadcast and are waiting to hear if the complainant wants to proceed with the investigation.
“We’ve spoken to all the people who appear to be involved right now, other than the individual that made the comment,” Mason said on Saturday.
Officers have been working to identify the man who interrupted Butts’ report, said Mason, adding he could face a mischief charge.
Butts turned down an interview request on Saturday, and CTV Atlantic’s news director declined to comment other than to say the station is pursuing the matter with police.
A few journalists have expressed support for Butts, saying the incident represents a broader problem of harassment of female broadcast reporters and videographers, sometimes involving a graphic phrase.
“Congratulations on intimidating a professional and embarrassing your family and yourself,” CTV News host Jayson Clay Baxter tweeted about the man involved.
“Why does this continue to happen?”
CBC Nova Scotia reporter Marina von Stackelberg said she experienced a similar form of harassment a few weeks ago while she was working on a story in Dartmouth, when in the middle of an interview, a heckler shouted an obscenity from his car and drove away.
“I think it completely throws you off, and you do your best to just kind of refocus and do your job the way you’re trying to do your job,” von Stackelberg said in an interview on Saturday.
“When I got back into the car to drive home, I was angry and frustrated and flustered, because it’s hard not to be bothered by something like that.”
She said it was the second time she had been hit with the sexist slur, and it’s an experience that’s become all too common for female broadcast journalists.
In November, an American man was charged with causing a disturbance after yelling a vulgar phrase at CHCH reporter Britt Dixon while she was interviewing a Hamilton police officer.
Dixon said it was the third time that had happened to her over the course of four days.
In August, police charged a Newfoundland man with causing a disturbance after he yelled the phrase at a reporter. Police laid a mischief charge against another Newfoundland man who yelled the same thing toward a journalist in April.
A Toronto FC soccer fan shouted the phrase during an interview with CityNews reporter Shauna Hunt in 2015.
His friend laughed, dismissing the comment as a joke, and was fired by Hydro One after the station aired the video. He was later rehired as part of an arbitration process, Hydro One said at the time.
Halifax police investigate after TV reporter heckled with crude phrase | Toronto Sun
Susti meaning laziness???
Anymore advice u want to impart
I speak Hindi Punjabi English and currently
Learning French
Je suis Mann et je parle 4 langui....
Not Sure
Windsor Maybe
McGill Ubc Is for Dreams only
Few In Ontario
Winnipeg and Manitoba Universities anyone can get into
The 3 regions you mentioned are completely different from each other with each having different lifestyles.
What type of lifestyle do you prefer is something you need to consider.
What type of lifestyle do you prefer is something you need to consider.
My family pays for my Tuition And other educational fees...
I will have to work for just rent and food
Ielts 8.5
GRE 325/340 though not required for Canada
Am not very social and prefer to live alone
Dont have a gf and dont do any drugs of anytype not even alcohol or tobacco Coffee 1-2 cups per week...
Am allowed 20 hours per week of work
Will that be enough to make ends meet????
The cost of living in Vancouver is insane.
Edmonton U of Alberta
Calgary U of Calgary
U of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon
U of Regina
Are 4 well respected institutions, with far better odds of employment and reasonable cost of living.
U of Manitoba in Winnipeg is good. My daughter currently attends there. The cost of living is good but job opportunities aren't as good as they are in Alberta or Saskatchewan.
Ontario has good schools but again a higher cost living and employment options aren't as good as the western Provinces.
If it were me, I'd look more towards U of A, U of C or U of S.
Edmonton U of Alberta
Calgary U of Calgary
U of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon
U of Regina
Are 4 well respected institutions, with far better odds of employment and reasonable cost of living.
U of Manitoba in Winnipeg is good. My daughter currently attends there. The cost of living is good but job opportunities aren't as good as they are in Alberta or Saskatchewan.
Ontario has good schools but again a higher cost living and employment options aren't as good as the western Provinces.
If it were me, I'd look more towards U of A, U of C or U of S.
Got few relatives in Winnipeg So employment wont be a issue So Universities of Winnipeg and Manitoba are good???
See my plan
1 Get a MS in Mechanical Engineering Associated Specialisation
2 Work 2 years to fulfill get PR Requirements...
Afterwards am free to follow a PHD.... ��
I can speak English Hindi Punjabi and currently learning FRENCH....
Family first most definetly. With only 20 hrs per week to work, you will need the help of family from time to time.
Relatives are just helping me find work thats all They wont be giving me shelter or Food Thats how it works Just arguing how much it costs per week for food and rent can 20 hours cover that???? First 6 months am obliged to live in hostel which fees like 1000 cad per month Money sucking tool of canadian govt But it is the way it is ....
Have you looked into programs offered at U of West Manitoba in Brandon?
Brandon is a smaller city that is very nice, safe, and the people are very friendly.
Hostel or do you mean on campus dormatory residences?
Brandon is a smaller city that is very nice, safe, and the people are very friendly.
Hostel or do you mean on campus dormatory residences?