February 10, 2016 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News
It was a long, long wait.
Refugee family reunited after 9 years in limbo
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‘I never reported because I felt I would be blamed’: Your stories on sexual assault
February 8, 2016 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News
Carmen is still hashing out a custody agreement with the man she says raped her when she was sedated.
This is what it’s like to take your rape to court
February 8, 2016 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News
The world is watching former CBC radio host Jian Ghomeshi’s sex assault trial, and the cross-examination of women who say he assaulted them, play out in real time. (Ghomeshi has denied all the charges against him.)
Global News took this opportunity to talk to women who’ve experienced sexual assault and struggled with whether to report it and how to pursue justice in the court system.
Jian Ghomeshi case: How to stop sex assault trials from putting character on the stand
January 29, 2016 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News
People who say they were raped are called liars, drunks, druggies, sluts, flirts, teases — not by trolls on social media but by robe-clad lawyers in court.
Pipe dreams: What you need to know about Canada’s changing pipeline process
Lead in the water: Tens of thousands of Canadians still drink from toxic pipes
January 27, 2016 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News
Matt and Mandy Pisarek learned they were drinking water from lead pipes by accident.
Refugees out-earn millionaire ‘business-class’ immigrants years after arriving in Canada
January 22, 2016 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News
Much of Canada’s conversation around refugees — whom do we take, when and how many? — has focused on the assumed cost of the initiative.
How should doctors help people die? Canada’s competing assisted-death guidelines, explained
January 21, 2016 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News
Who qualifies for help dying? Who’s allowed to help them? What happens if you refuse? How do you ensure people really want to die before you help them die?
Some Canadian refugees are more equal than others
January 19, 2016 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News
Some refugees and asylum-seekers come to Canada saddled with debt and without full access to health care — and some don’t.
Which one you are depends on where you’re from and when you got here.
‘This is real people who are suffering’: Supreme Court ruling deals a blow to assisted-death advocates
January 15, 2016 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News
It’s been 53 months since Elayne Shapray first put her name on an affidavit arguing for the right to die.
She learned Friday afternoon she’ll have to wait another four.
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