Judge orders seal on Quebec columnist’s cellphone data collected by cops
MONTREAL — A Quebec judge has agreed to seal data collected by Montreal police from the cellphone of a La Presse columnist.
A lawyer for the Montreal newspaper was in court today seeking to ensure the phone numbers of Patrick Lagace’s sources are kept confidential and out of police hands.
Quebec Superior Court Justice Pierre Labrie agreed and ordered the information sealed.
Lawyers for various interested parties did not contest the order.