January 27, 2016 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News
There will be talking.
Pipe dreams: What you need to know about Canada’s changing pipeline process
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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.
Supreme Court gives feds an extra 4 months on physician-assisted death
January 15, 2016 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News
The Supreme Court has granted part of the federal government’s request for extra time in crafting assisted dying legislation, giving them an extra four months instead of the six they had requested.
Alberta men have higher unemployment than the Canadian average for the first time since 1989
January 8, 2016 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News
Things are ugly in the oilpatch. But they’re especially ugly if you’re a man. Most of all, if you’re a man who hasn’t graduated high school.
Uber versus taxis: Who’s lobbying whom at Toronto city hall
January 7, 2016 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News
There’s been no shortage of public political posturing in Toronto’s battle over who’s allowed to drive you places for money and what happens if local governments can’t or won’t enforce their own bylaws.
But much of the jockeying takes place behind closed doors — in meetings, phone calls or email exchanges between councillors, policy-makers and those hoping to sway them.
Your stories: Navigating Canada’s abortion provider patchwork
January 5, 2016 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News
An abortion access advocacy group is suing Prince Edward Island over its lack of abortion access — it’s the only province in Canada with no abortions at all.
But as Global News has written, women across Canada face barriers to getting reproductive health care. Here are some of their stories, responding to our series on abortion access.
