The Supreme Court of Canada decided on Thursday morning that it will not hear the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s challenge of a court order that demanded it identify a source and release related documents in the sexual misconduct case against Vice-Admiral Haydn Edmundson.
Edmundson was charged in December 2021 with sexual assault and committing indecent acts. The alleged offences date back to 1991. He has pleaded not guilty and denied any wrongdoing.
A trial had been set for August 2023, but it has since been delayed.
Chuck Thompson, a spokesman for CBC, said the broadcaster was “very disappointed” its case would not be argued in front of the Supreme Court.
He said CBC “went the
