Toronto Police won't leave our billboard truck alone
It was, by any measure, a big weekend for independent media in Canada — and, true to form, it ended with Toronto Police pulling over the Rebel News billboard truck for the third time in six weeks.
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Tonight, on The Ezra Levant Show, police go after our big, beautiful billboard truck again.
It was, by any measure, a big weekend for independent media in Canada — and, true to form, it ended with Toronto Police pulling over the Rebel News billboard truck for the third time in six weeks.
The weekend started on a high note. The Democracy Fund sponsored a student journalism conference in Toronto, bringing young, freedom-minded aspiring reporters from across the country to learn the trade. Some of them might even come on board at Rebel News eventually.
Then there was the first-ever Independent Press Gallery Awards gala. The parliamentary press gallery in Ottawa is essentially a government-subsidized press club for corporate and regime journalists — one that bans outlets like Rebel News from its ranks. So Rebel News joined with Juno News and other independent outlets to launch the Independent Press Gallery, and Sunday night marked its first awards gala, honouring the best investigative and video reporting in the independent space. More than 100 people packed the room, and Rebel News picked up its share of prizes.
Ezra was in the middle of that gala, proud of the room and proud that competing independent outlets had come together for a common cause, when his phone rang. It was Mark, the Rebel News truck driver. Ezra knew immediately, from the fact that Mark was calling at all, that something had gone wrong — and he was right. Mark had been pulled over by police. Again.
It's the third stop in as many weeks. The first came over an ad about transgenderism in sports. The second came outside the WNBA and NBA games in downtown Toronto, where police issued $1,300 in fines over an ad they claimed required a permit — a claim that is simply false. Rebel News has retained a top lawyer, Leora Shemesh, to fight both tickets in court.
Then, Sunday, in the middle of the awards gala, Ezra dropped everything, grabbed colleague Lincoln Jay, and rushed to yet another police stop, capturing a ten-minute video of the confrontation that left him visibly flushed with anger. This time, the ad in question wasn't even Rebel News' own message — it was a paid ad, and its content was drawn directly from information generated by Toronto Police themselves. The message was against antisemitism.
As always, Mark stood firm, and the Rebel News team got to the scene as quickly as possible. Rebel News is covering the legal costs of fighting the fines, so if you want to help keep the truck on the road, visit SaveTheTruck.com.
It was, in Ezra's view, a strange weekend all around — some of the best moments of the year for independent journalism in Canada, bookended by one of its more familiar frustrations: police harassment of a truck that does nothing but display an unpopular message.
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Bruce Atchison commented 2026-08-31 21:00:08 -0400That second passport is such a tempting offer. After all, what happens if Ottawa clamps down on Rebels like me who share videos and screen grabs of Rebel web sites? What if the referendum on a referendum fails? I might need to escape Alberta. $105-thousand is a lot but I might be able to take my RRSPs and apply them to the passport. I have been pondering moving to Texas so this is timely information.
