The Globe and Mail reports in its Tuesday edition that a civil trial launched by The Narwhal and a photojournalist against the RCMP began with both sides fighting over whether her high-profile arrest at the 2021 Wet'suwet'en pipeline standoff was part of an effort to limit press freedom. The Globe's Mike Hager writes that Amber Bracken and the B.C.-based news outlet are seeking a declaration that her detention at a remote protest camp against the Coast GasLink pipeline in the northwest B.C. violated her and her employer's constitutional rights to freedom of the press. They also want Justice Diane MacDonald to award damages against the defendants -- the RCMP and the B.C. and Canadian governments. Sean Hern, lead counsel for the plaintiffs, said Monday in his statement to open the five-week trial that denying journalists access weakens democracy. Without the press, arrests at protests would be hidden and the public would be left to piece together what happened from press releases. Craig Cameron, lead lawyer for the defendants, countered that the trial should hinge on this main question: "Did the RCMP have reasonable and probable grounds to arrest and detain Amber Bracken for breaching a court injunction on Nov. 19, 2021?"