The Supreme Court of Canada has found in a 9-0 decision that a reporter for Vice Media must give the RCMP material he gathered for stories about an accused ISIS terrorist. This outcome has been met with a typically misguided response by some reporters. Canadian Press says it will be seen as making reporters an arm of the police. Vice Media declared the SCOC unanimous decision “a dark day for press freedom.” Such interpretations are demonstrably untrue and represent a disservice to a free press. The media in Canada is free. It must, of course, operate within the law in a land where there is eminent rule of law. There is nothing to fear in this context. Seasoned, sensible jouralists know that the cardinal protection of a free press is freedom from prior restraint to publish. But reporters are not — nor should they be — beyond the law.