Cycling in Waterloo Region

[panamaniac]

That seems to read too much into it.  In initial media reports, the reporter will often have no confirmed information as to possible culpability and, pending charges, is limited in what can be reported even if culpability seems obvious.  Those constraints seemed obvious in the initial reports on this accident, which happened "in the vicinity of the IHT" (the reporter likely had no confirmation that the cyclist was riding the trail).  He or she will, on the other hand, know whether the bicyclist was wearing a helmet, because that information can be shared immediately (and in a case of head injury it is pertinent information, although some may disagree).  I doubt there's anything more to it than that.  It is true that subsequent reports about charges, and the outcome of those charges, often do not seem to have the same prominence as the initial collision reports.