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Month: May 2016

Income immobility: Fewer Canadians are moving up – or down – the income ladder

May 8, 2016May 30, 2016amp Leave a comment

May 8, 2016 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News

Canadians have less income mobility than they’ve had in decades as fewer people move up the income ladder — and even fewer move down.

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Fort McMurray exodus: 1 mom, 2 daughters, 4 horses, 3 dogs and a cat make wildfire escape

May 5, 2016May 23, 2016amp Leave a comment

May 5, 2016 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News

If Cora Dion only needed transport for two horses as she fled Fort McMurray with her twin 15-year-old daughters, three dogs and a cat, the family’s escape from Alberta’s worst wildfire in years would have been fairly straightforward.

But she had four horses. And a trailer for two.

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Ontario won’t commit to ending use of mental illness as a reason for solitary confinement

May 5, 2016May 30, 2016amp Leave a comment

May 5, 2016 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News

Corrections Minister Yasir Naqvi is “concerned” that Ontario inmates are being put in solitary confinement because of their mental illnesses — but he won’t commit to ending the practice entirely.

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Feds eliminate extra access-to-info fees

May 5, 2016May 30, 2016amp Leave a comment

May 5, 2016 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News

Canadians will no longer be asked to pay thousands of dollars to access public information from the federal government.

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Afghanistan trauma takes a greater toll on military careers than other disorders

May 3, 2016May 30, 2016amp Leave a comment

May 3, 2016 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News

Canadians who returned from Afghanistan bearing psychic scars find themselves traumatized and out of the military in far greater numbers than counterparts suffering from mental illnesses unrelated to the Afghan mission.

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