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Judge orders second psych assessment for Chiheb Esseghaier, defendant in Via terror trial

July 22, 2015August 9, 2015amp Leave a comment

July 22, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News

Judge Michael Code has requested a second psychiatric assessment for Chiheb Esseghaier after saying he has little faith in an assessment last week that found the Via terror case defendant “actively psychotic,” paranoid, delusional and likely schizophrenic.

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Psychiatrist’s explosive testimony could derail Via terror trial

July 21, 2015April 22, 2018amp Leave a comment

July 21, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News

A man accused of conspiring to commit an act of terror may be found unfit to stand trial after being found guilty, calling into question whether he was capable of committing the offense in the first place.

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Refugee health cuts: Even those who qualify get turned away

July 8, 2015July 18, 2015amp Leave a comment

July 8, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News

The refugee health care system has become so confusing that doctors are turning patients away even if they’re covered, evidence shows.

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‘Policing is a helping profession’: Outgoing Toronto Police Services Board Chair Alok Mukherjee on how to build a better cop

June 18, 2015June 22, 2015amp Leave a comment

Anna Mehler Paperny – Global News, June 18, 2015

A lot has changed in the decade Alok Mukherjee has chaired Toronto’s Police Services Board.

And a lot hasn’t changed.

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Medicating meat: What’s Canada’s plan for animal antibiotics?

June 8, 2015April 22, 2018amp Leave a comment

Anna Mehler Paperny – Global News, June 8, 2015

The barn door opens and a feathered wave, thousands of cheeping day-old chicks, undulates away from the entrance. Outside’s a sluicing Grey County downpour but inside it’s humid, dim and a climate-controlled 30-odd degrees.

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Food Inspection Agency says better transparency’s coming – eventually

June 1, 2015June 22, 2015amp Leave a comment

Anna Mehler Paperny – Global News, June 1, 2015

Canada’s Food Inspection Agency says it’s working to make more of its inspection records public — but it doesn’t know when that will happen or how much information it will keep secret to respect corporate privacy.

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Tainted lunch: Navigating gaps in Canada’s food safety system

June 1, 2015June 21, 2015amp Leave a comment

Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News – June 1, 2015

Contaminated pork left Andrea Rohachuk curled for hours in agony next to an Emergency Room toilet.

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Canada’s organ donor rate lags behind other countries’. How do you fix it?

April 24, 2015June 21, 2015amp Leave a comment

Anna Mehler Paperny – Global News, April 24, 2015

In 2013, 246 Canadians died waiting for organ transplants.

They needn’t have.

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Budget 2015: Who benefits from doubling TFSA limits?

April 8, 2015April 19, 2015amp Leave a comment

April 8, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News

The federal Conservatives have indicated they’re going to double the amount Canadians can invest in tax-free savings accounts each year, from $5,500 to $11,000.

“Canadians know that we stick to our commitments,” Finance Minister Joe Oliversaid in a letter to Tory MPs Tuesday, apparently referring to a pledge in the last election to double the limit once the budget was balanced. “I will present a balanced budget that will make life more affordable for Canadians.”

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Duty to document: What you need to know about reforming access-to-information in Canada

March 31, 2015April 22, 2018amp Leave a comment

March 31, 2015 – Amy Minsky and Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News

Many of Information Commissioner Suzanne Legault’s recommendations to fix Canada’s strained and aging access-to-information system will be familiar to Prime Minister Stephen Harper: They were part of his platform nine years ago.

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