From The Globe and Mail:

The Ontario Court of Appeal yesterday overturned a libel conviction against the Toronto Star in connection with an investigative article that explored a dispute between a developer and neighbourhood activists in Ontario's cottage country.

The court ordered a new trial, citing a succession of errors the trial judge made while instructing a jury. The mistakes included an erroneous explanation of a new defence - "responsible journalism" - which a newspaper can employ when it publishes an allegedly defamatory article on a matter of public interest.

A jury had awarded Peter Grant $400,000 in general damages, $25,000 in aggravated damages and $1-million in punitive damages.