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Trudeau wins; here’s what he promised and what he’ll face as prime minister

October 19, 2015December 12, 2015amp Leave a comment

October 19, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News

The polls hadn’t even closed across Canada when news organizations called a Liberal government – and, within an hour, a Liberal majority.

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Terror documents so secret, feds can’t tell you why they’re secret

October 16, 2015December 12, 2015amp Leave a comment

October 16, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News

Thousands of pages of correspondence and briefing notes on the federal government’s anti-terror Bill C-51 are so secret the government won’t disclose its reasons for censoring them.

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Canada still has ‘gay conversion’ groups; some get tax-deductible donations

October 7, 2015December 12, 2015amp Leave a comment

October 7, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News

Mike Smith did everything he could to change who he was.

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Made-in-Canada HIV/AIDS treatment embraced by everyone but Canada

October 2, 2015April 22, 2018amp Leave a comment

October 2, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News

A made-in-Canada approach to tackling the HIV/AIDS epidemic has been endorsed by the United Nations for use around the world but has yet to gain the support of the Canadian government.

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Why do Americans keep shooting each other to death?

October 1, 2015December 12, 2015amp Leave a comment

October 1, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News

How do you measure America’s gun violence epidemic?

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Veterans’ anti-Conservative campaign fuelled by ‘union money,’ Minister says

September 30, 2015December 12, 2015amp Leave a comment

September 30, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News

Erin O’Toole talks to a lot of veterans and he says they’re near-unanimous.

“Ninety-nine per cent of what I hear is positive,” the Veterans Affairs Minister and Conservative candidate says.

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Greying nation: For the first time ever, Canada has more seniors than kids. Here’s what that means

September 29, 2015December 12, 2015amp Leave a comment

September 29, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News

Look out, Canada: Old people are taking over.

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Canada’s vets have Conservatives in their sights. Whoever wins on Oct. 19 will be next

September 28, 2015April 22, 2018amp Leave a comment

September 28, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News

When Walter Callaghan told someone about the nightmares, the answer was clear.

“I understand,” said his fellow officer, someone he trusted. “I’ve got that, too.

“Don’t let anyone else in the unit know. Your career will be over.”

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The public health case for tough-to-buy booze

September 25, 2015December 12, 2015amp Leave a comment

September 25, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News

Ontario’s announcement this week that it plans to sell certain kinds of beer in select grocery stores starting three months from now came as good news to some, but it also raised public health alarm bells.

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‘Life has no taste now’: Refugees’ torturous wait for family a world away

September 11, 2015April 22, 2018amp Leave a comment

September 11, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News

On bad days Lina Sallat wishes she’d never left – never fled Syria as the country tore itself to shreds; never sought safety with her toddler on the other side of the world, leaving her husband and oldest son behind.

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