Youth found guilty of terrorism charges in Ottawa plot
A judge convicted a young person of two charges related to a 2023 plan to kill Jewish people.
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Youth found guilty of terrorism charges in Ottawa plot
Photograph: CBC News (embedded from source)
What this story says
- A judge found a youth guilty of two terrorism-related charges linked to an alleged 2023 plot to kill Jewish people in Ottawa.
- The youth was acquitted of a charge related to making instructional material and propaganda available.
- The youth was found guilty of conspiracy to commit murder through involvement with a terrorist group and seeking to acquire a prohibited firearm.
- A co-accused youth was previously convicted on four charges in April.
Who covered it
Percentages are shares of the 19 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. Coverage measured .
Trust
42/100
Craft
61/100
Hype
20/100
19 sources · methodology
A judge has found a youth guilty of two terrorism-related charges connected to an alleged 2023 plan to kill Jewish people in Ottawa. Ontario Superior Court Justice Kerry McVey convicted the young person of conspiracy to commit murder through involvement with a terrorist group, and of facilitating terrorist activity by seeking to acquire a prohibited firearm. The youth was found not guilty of facilitating terrorist activity by making instructional material and propaganda available. The individual, who cannot be identified due to age, had pleaded not guilty to all three charges. The trial began in April. A co-accused, also a youth who cannot be identified, was found guilty on four charges in April.
Coverage comparison
What the coverage left out
None of the 19 reports mention the specific date the alleged 2023 plan to kill Jewish people was conceived or the date the youth was arrested in February 2024, except for CBC News which stated the youth was 15 when arrested.
Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 1 time, most recently on 16 Oct 2026, 18:00, and will add the sides that appear.
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How each side covered it
Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.
Left
10 rated outlets
- Ten left-rated reports covered the guilty verdict for a youth accused in a terrorism plot. The reports stated the youth was found guilty of two terrorism-related charges stemming from an alleged 2023 plan to kill Jewish people in Ottawa. The charges included conspiracy to commit murder through involvement with a terrorist group and facilitating terrorist activity by seeking to acquire a prohibited firearm. All ten reports noted the youth was found not guilty of facilitating terrorist activity by making instructional material and propaganda available. The CBC News full report stated the youth was 15 when arrested in February 2024 and that neither teen's name can be published due to a ban on identifying charged youths. All ten reports mentioned that a co-accused youth was found guilty on four charges in April.
Centre
9 rated outlets
- Nine centre-rated reports detailed the conviction of a youth on two terrorism-related charges connected to an alleged 2023 plot to kill Jewish people in Ottawa. These reports specified the judge found the youth guilty of conspiracy to commit murder through involvement with a terrorist group and of facilitating terrorist activity by seeking to acquire a prohibited firearm. All nine reports indicated the youth was acquitted of facilitating terrorist activity by making instructional material and propaganda available. Several of these reports, including those from Battlefords NOW, meadowlakeNOW, CFJC Today Kamloops, Medicine Hat News, and Ckpg Today, noted that the story was filed by Jim Bronskill of The Canadian Press and that more information was coming. All nine reports mentioned that a co-accused youth was found guilty on four charges in April.
Right
0 rated outlets
No outlet rated right has run this story so far. We are still checking, and will say plainly if that does not change.
Questions about this coverage
- How did the left and right cover Youth found guilty of terrorism charges in Ottawa plot?
- Of the 19 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 53% are rated left, 47% are rated centre, 0% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
- Is Youth found guilty of terrorism charges in Ottawa plot left or right?
- Neither side dominates it. Of the 19 rated outlets on this story, 53% are rated left, 47% are rated centre, 0% are rated right, and no side holds the 70% this site would want before calling a field one-sided. A story is not left or right in any case; the outlets that carried it are what carry ratings.
- Is the coverage of Youth found guilty of terrorism charges in Ottawa plot biased?
- Youth found guilty of terrorism charges in Ottawa plot is one event reported by 19 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
- Which outlets covered Youth found guilty of terrorism charges in Ottawa plot?
- 19 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
- What charges was the youth found guilty of?
- The youth was found guilty of two terrorism-related charges: conspiracy to commit murder through involvement with a terrorist group, and facilitating terrorist activity by seeking to acquire a prohibited firearm.
- What charge was the youth found not guilty of?
- The youth was found not guilty of facilitating terrorist activity by making instructional material and propaganda available.
- What happened to the co-accused?
- A co-accused youth was previously found guilty on four charges in April. This co-accused also cannot be legally identified due to their age.
Read it at the source
19 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.
Left
10- Youth guilty of two terrorism charges tied to alleged plan to kill Jewish people (opens thealbertan.com in a new tab)
thealbertan.com — is thealbertan.com biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Youth guilty of two terrorism charges tied to alleged plan to kill Jewish people (opens Bradford Today in a new tab)
Bradford Today — is Bradford Today biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Youth guilty of two terrorism charges tied to alleged plan to kill Jewish people (opens Bay Today in a new tab)
- Youth guilty of two terrorism charges tied to alleged plan to kill Jewish people (opens Sudbury in a new tab)
- Youth guilty of two terrorism charges tied to alleged plan to kill Jewish people (opens Midland Today in a new tab)
Midland Today — is Midland Today biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Youth guilty of two terrorism charges tied to alleged plan to kill Jewish people (opens SooToday.com in a new tab)
SooToday.com — is SooToday.com biased? Our profile of this outlet
- 2nd youth accused of anti-Jewish terror plot guilty of 2 of 3 charges (opens CBC News in a new tab)
- Youth guilty of two charges tied to alleged plan to kill Jewish people (opens The Toronto Star in a new tab)
The Toronto Star — is The Toronto Star biased? Our profile of this outlet
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- Youth guilty of two charges tied to alleged plan to kill Jewish people (opens St Catharines Standard in a new tab)
St Catharines Standard — is St Catharines Standard biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Youth guilty of two charges tied to alleged plan to kill Jewish people (opens The Record in a new tab)
The Record — is The Record biased? Our profile of this outlet
Centre
9- Youth guilty of two terrorism charges tied to alleged plan to kill Jewish people (opens Narcity in a new tab)
- Youth guilty of two charges tied to alleged plan to kill Jewish people (opens CTV News in a new tab)
- Youth guilty of two charges tied to alleged plan to kill Jewish people (opens Ckpg Today in a new tab)
Ckpg Today — is Ckpg Today biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Youth guilty of two charges tied to alleged plan to kill Jewish people (opens Medicine Hat News in a new tab)
Medicine Hat News — is Medicine Hat News biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Youth guilty of two charges tied to alleged plan to kill Jewish people (opens CFJC Today Kamloops in a new tab)
CFJC Today Kamloops — is CFJC Today Kamloops biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Youth guilty of two charges tied to alleged plan to kill Jewish people (opens meadowlakeNOW in a new tab)
meadowlakeNOW — is meadowlakeNOW biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Youth guilty of two charges tied to alleged plan to kill Jewish people (opens Battlefords NOW in a new tab)
Battlefords NOW — is Battlefords NOW biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Youth guilty of two charges tied to alleged plan to kill Jewish people (opens City News in a new tab)
Right
0No outlet in this group ran the story.
Not rated
0No outlet in this group ran the story.
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