Team Canada's captain received death threats following their World Juniors exit

Hockey Canada CEO Tom Renney is speaking out after online bullies targeted Team Canada Captain Maxime Comtois’ social media accounts after the team's loss to Finland in the World Juniors. In an exclusive interview with Global News’ Janet Brown, Renney that it’s unfortunate, but the organization works to help the young players deal with the potential negative repercussions of social media.

To try to understand better why this happens, Niki Reitmayer spoke with Jesse Miller of Mediated Reality - a local company that teaches adults and youth about online conduct. Why do we see so much vitriol online?

Guest:  Wayne MacKay

Professor emeritus at the Schulich (SHOE-LICK) School of Law at Dalhousie University Chair of the Nova Scotia Task Force on Cyberbullying, and authored the task force’s report

Hockey Canada CEO Tom Renney is speaking out after online bullies targeted Team Canada Captain Maxime Comtois’ social media accounts after the team's loss to Finland in the World Juniors. In an exclusive interview with Global News’ Janet Brown, Renney that it’s unfortunate, but the organization works to help the young players deal with the potential negative repercussions of social media.

To try to understand better why this happens, Niki Reitmayer spoke with Jesse Miller of Mediated Reality - a local company that teaches adults and youth about online conduct. Why do we see so much vitriol online?

Guest:  Wayne MacKay

Professor emeritus at the Schulich (SHOE-LICK) School of Law at Dalhousie University Chair of the Nova Scotia Task Force on Cyberbullying, and authored the task force’s report