From The Globe and Mail:

Vancouver Police want to interview Globe and Mail columnist Gary Mason in their investigation of the leak of confidential information about city council's decision to approve a $100-million loan to developers of the 2010 Olympic Village.

But Mr. Mason is declining the request, leaving police uncertain about how to proceed with a probe currently aimed at determining whether a criminal offence has been committed.

The Globe and Mail broke the story of the approval of the loan during an in-camera council meeting last month. The agreement became a major issue in this month's municipal election that saw Peter Ladner, the mayoral candidate of the majority Non-Partisan Association, defeated, and the NPA reduced to a single seat on Vancouver City Council.