The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner has released Report A-2026-011 under authority of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, 2015. A summary of the Report is included below.
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| Report: | A-2026-011 |
| Report Date: | April 13, 2026 |
| Public Body: | City of Corner Brook |
| Summary: | The Complainant made an access to information request to the City of Corner Brook for records related to the Deep Gulch Culvert Replacement. The City provided over 2300 pages of records with redactions under sections 28 (local public body confidences), 29 (policy advice or recommendations), 30 (legal advice), 31 (disclosure harmful to law enforcement), 34 (disclosure harmful to intergovernmental relations and negotiations), 35 (disclosure harmful to the financial and economic interests of a public body), 39 (disclosure harmful to business interests of a third party), and 40 (disclosure harmful to personal privacy) of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, 2015. The City also withheld over 11,000 pages of records in their entirety under section 30 (legal advice). The Complainant was not satisfied with the response and filed a complaint with this Office. The City agreed to amend its decision by removing a number of redactions and identified 10,309 pages of the 11,000 pages of records that could be released subject to applicable exceptions. This Report finds that the remaining redactions to the originally provided records were appropriate and recommended that the 10,309 pages of records be released subject to any applicable exceptions. The Complainant retains the right to make a further complaint about redactions within any newly released records. |
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