Seniors arrested for climate protest on Parliament Hill
Protesters were charged with trespassing after refusing to move from West Block doors.
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Seniors Climate Witness member Eric Schiller of Ottawa is arrested after attempting to deliver climate impact documents to MPs on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Keito Newman
Photograph: CTV News (embedded from source)
What this story says
- Several seniors were arrested for trespassing on Parliament Hill.
- The protesters were demonstrating for stronger government action on climate change.
- The group attempted to deliver photos and stories about climate effects to MPs.
- Protesters refused to move when asked by a Parliamentary Protective Service officer.
Who covered it
Percentages are shares of the 19 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. Coverage measured .
Trust
42/100
Craft
57/100
Hype
20/100
19 sources · methodology
Several seniors were arrested for trespassing on Parliament Hill on 22 September 2026. The group was protesting for stronger government action on climate change. Members of a self-described “climate caravan” attempted to deliver hundreds of photos and stories about the effects of wildfires and flooding to MPs. The protesters wore yellow shirts with anti-pipeline slogans and sang while demonstrating outside Parliament’s West Block. They were denied entry to the building.
A Parliamentary Protective Service officer asked the protesters to move away from the doors, but they refused. Protective Service officers and Ottawa police then arrested several members. They were escorted away from West Block and charged with trespassing.
Disagreement on details
The Halifax Examiner digest stated that the protesters would "risk arrest" and "not turn around and go home easily." The CTV News full report stated that the protesters refused to move when asked by a Parliamentary Protective Service officer. Other digests did not include these specific details.
Omissions
No right-rated outlet reported on this story.
Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 1 time, most recently on 22 Sept 2026, 19:30, and will add the sides that appear.
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 carried the core facts of the arrests and the reason for the protest. Digests from Rocky Mountain Outlook, SooToday.com, Orillia Matters, Collingwood Today, Sudbury, Timmins Today, flamboroughtoday.com, The Toronto Star, The Hamilton Spectator, and the Halifax Examiner all stated that seniors were arrested for trespassing on Parliament Hill while calling for stronger government action on climate change. The Halifax Examiner digest included a quote: "We will be persistent, we will not be violent, but we aren't going to turn around and go home easily."
Centre
9 rated outlets
- Nine centre-rated reports covered the arrests and the protest's purpose. Digests from CTV News, Castanet, Narcity, Battlefords NOW, meadowlakeNOW, CFJC Today Kamloops, Medicine Hat News, Ckpg Today, and Winnipeg Free Press reported that seniors were arrested for trespassing on Parliament Hill and were protesting for stronger government action on climate change. The CTV News full report stated that the protesters attempted to deliver hundreds of photos and stories about the effects of wildfires and flooding to MPs, wore yellow shirts with anti-pipeline slogans, and refused to move when asked by a Parliamentary Protective Service officer.
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 Seniors arrested for climate protest on Parliament Hill?
- 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 Seniors arrested for climate protest on Parliament Hill 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 Seniors arrested for climate protest on Parliament Hill biased?
- Seniors arrested for climate protest on Parliament Hill 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 Seniors arrested for climate protest on Parliament Hill?
- 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.
- Why were the seniors arrested?
- Several seniors were arrested for trespassing on Parliament Hill. They were protesting for stronger government action on climate change and refused to move when asked by a Parliamentary Protective Service officer.
- What were the protesters trying to do?
- The protesters, part of a self-described 'climate caravan,' attempted to deliver hundreds of photos and stories about the effects of wildfires and flooding to MPs' desks in the House of Commons.
- What did the protesters wear?
- The protesters were wearing bright yellow shirts with anti-pipeline slogans and sang in protest outside Parliament’s West Block.
Read it at the source
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Left
10- Seniors arrested, charged with trespassing during climate protest on Parliament Hill (opens flamboroughtoday.com in a new tab)
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- Seniors arrested, charged with trespassing during climate protest on Parliament Hill (opens Timmins Today in a new tab)
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- Seniors arrested, charged with trespassing during climate protest on Parliament Hill (opens Sudbury in a new tab)
- Seniors arrested, charged with trespassing during climate protest on Parliament Hill (opens Collingwood Today in a new tab)
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- Seniors arrested, charged with trespassing during climate protest on Parliament Hill (opens Orillia Matters in a new tab)
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- Seniors arrested, charged with trespassing during climate protest on Parliament Hill (opens SooToday.com in a new tab)
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- Seniors arrested, charged with trespassing during climate protest on Parliament Hill (opens Rocky Mountain Outlook in a new tab)
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- Seniors arrested, charged with trespassing during climate protest on Parliament Hill (opens The Toronto Star in a new tab)
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- Seniors arrested, charged with trespassing during climate protest on Parliament Hill (opens The Hamilton Spectator in a new tab)
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- Seniors will 'risk arrest' to deliver climate-impact photos to MPs and Mark Carney (opens Halifax Examiner in a new tab)
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Centre
9- Seniors arrested, charged with trespassing during climate protest on Parliament Hill (opens Castanet in a new tab)
- Seniors arrested, charged with trespassing during climate protest on Parliament Hill (opens CTV News in a new tab)
- Seniors arrested, charged with trespassing during climate protest on Parliament Hill (opens Narcity in a new tab)
- Seniors arrested, charged with trespassing during climate protest on Parliament Hill (opens Ckpg Today in a new tab)
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- Seniors arrested, charged with trespassing during climate protest on Parliament Hill (opens Medicine Hat News in a new tab)
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- Seniors arrested, charged with trespassing during climate protest on Parliament Hill (opens CFJC Today Kamloops in a new tab)
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- Seniors arrested, charged with trespassing during climate protest on Parliament Hill (opens meadowlakeNOW in a new tab)
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- Seniors arrested, charged with trespassing during climate protest on Parliament Hill (opens Battlefords NOW in a new tab)
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Right
0No outlet in this group ran the story.
Not rated
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