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Army members are 3 times more likely to kill themselves than others in Canada’s military

November 10, 2015December 13, 2015amp Leave a comment

November 10, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News

Members of the army are 3.4 times more likely to kill themselves than non-army members of Canada’s Armed Forces and at least 50 per cent more likely to kill themselves than the average Canadian of the same gender and age, a new study has found.

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Invisible wounds, revisited: Canada still falls short in treating soldiers’ psychic scars

November 10, 2015December 13, 2015amp Leave a comment

November 10, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News

Walter Callaghan says it took him seven years, debilitating alcohol and painkiller addictions, and a torpedoed career to convince the military he needed serious, long-term treatment.

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Veterans Affairs Minister vows to change the way Canada treats vets

November 10, 2015December 13, 2015amp Leave a comment

November 10, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News

Canada’s new Veterans Affairs Minister said he’ll drastically alter the way the feds treat veterans, giving them the benefit of the doubt instead of making them prove their need.

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Election’s over, but most poll workers still haven’t been paid

November 6, 2015December 13, 2015amp Leave a comment

November 6, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News

It was a long day for everyone.

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How Justice Minister Wilson-Raybould could change Canada-Aboriginal relationship. No pressure

November 4, 2015December 13, 2015amp Leave a comment

November 4, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News

Maxime Faille was in court last week fighting the federal government.

He hopes Canada’s new Justice Minister will make that a lot more rare.

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The case for taking ‘temporary’ out of ‘temporary foreign worker’

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

October 28, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News

Kristina Torres was so close.

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Parliament postponed: What Canada’s new Liberal government could – and couldn’t – tackle without oversight

October 26, 2015December 12, 2015amp Leave a comment

October 26, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News

Liberal MP Ralph Goodale says a new Liberal government, set to be sworn in next week, probably won’t recall Parliament until January.

That’s obviously hypothetical: We won’t know when Parliament sits again until after the new cabinet’s sworn in.

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Ridings with the most immigrants voted Liberal by a landslide, and other things we learned from federal election results

October 22, 2015December 12, 2015amp Leave a comment

October 22, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News

The swath of red ridings that propelled Justin Trudeau to a thunderous Liberal victory Monday boasts more newcomers as a percentage of the population than any other party’s territory.

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Federal election 2015: Voter turnout highest in decades

October 20, 2015December 12, 2015amp Leave a comment

October 20, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News

More than 17 million Canadians cast a ballot in the country’s 42nd federal election, making for Canada’s highest voter turnout since 1993.

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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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