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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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Is Canada ready for physician-assisted death?

September 10, 2015April 22, 2018amp Leave a comment

September 10, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News

Whoever becomes Canada’s next prime minister will have to figure out how health practitioners help suffering people die.

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Reality Check: Canada’s record on refugees

September 4, 2015December 12, 2015amp Leave a comment

September 4, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny and James Armstrong, Global News

As the image of a dead toddler on the shores of a Turkish beach reverberated this week, Conservative leader Stephen Harper defended Canada’s record when it comes to aiding displaced persons.

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What do students really ask in sex ed? (And how do you answer them?)

September 3, 2015December 12, 2015amp Leave a comment

Sept. 3, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News

Sex, sexuality and sexual health can be fraught topics to broach in the classroom. But much trickier than any curricular updates is answering students’ questions — the anonymous, curious, often awkwardly written queries young people submit over the course of their sex ed lessons.

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Mentally ill, found guilty of terrorism: What happens to Chiheb Esseghaier?

September 1, 2015October 25, 2015amp Leave a comment

Sept. 1, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News

A courtroom debate on the fate of a mentally ill man found guilty of terrorism was interrupted by saliva projectiles Wednesday.

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‘C-51 is a tragedy’: New book slams Canada’s anti-terror law

September 1, 2015October 25, 2015amp Leave a comment

Sept. 1, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News

Canada is “getting it wrong” in its war on terror, enacting laws that are both unconstitutional and fail to keep the country safer, an upcoming book charges.

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Pipeline politics: Oilsands and the 2015 election

August 29, 2015October 25, 2015amp Leave a comment

Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News – August 29, 2015

When the federal election kicks into high gear during the final stretch of a marathon campaign, a high-profile case that could change Canadian resource development will play out in a B.C. courtroom.

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Prescription to die for: Study finds ‘exceptional’ death rate among opioid patients

August 20, 2015August 28, 2015amp Leave a comment

August 20, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News

Patients put on high doses of opioids are 24 times more likely to die because of them than people prescribed lower doses of the drugs, a new study finds.

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