Deal reached in CBC-Yukon News court case

A CBC News reporter in Whitehorse will not be forced to disclose her sources for an investigative report, under an agreement announced on Monday. Lawyers for the CBC and the Yukon News reached an agreement in Yukon Supreme Court on Monday that means reporter Nancy Thomson will not have to disclose her sources for a 2004 investigative report. The newspaper wanted Thomson to reveal her confidential sources used for an investigative radio series that aired in 2004. Thomson reported at the time that Watson Lake's sole doctor was also the town's only pharmacist. The Yukon News wrote an editorial that praised Thomson's series and made its own claims about the doctor, who then sued the newspaper for defamation. The newspaper had wanted Thomson to disclose her sources as part of its defence in the defamation suit.