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Quebec mosque shooting: A shout, a hail of bullets, then death

January 30, 2017April 2, 2017amp Leave a comment

January 30, 2017 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Reuters

Abdi was sitting cross-legged on the floor reading the Quran with his friends when the shooting began – a staccato spray of bullets into the crowd of worshippers gathered on Sunday at the mosque in Quebec City, Canada.

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Canada seeks warning on prescription painkillers amid rising deaths

January 23, 2017April 2, 2017amp Leave a comment

January 23, 2017 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Reuters

As deaths from powerful painkillers continue to rise, Canada is pursuing unprecedented measures to curb their use, including requiring cigarette-style warning stickers on every prescription, Health Minister Jane Philpott told Reuters.

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Mycoplasma genitalium: The prevalent, highly drug-resistant new STI nobody’s testing for

May 24, 2016May 30, 2016amp Leave a comment

May 24, 2016 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News

Researchers have found the first evidence of sexually transmitted infection Mycoplasma genitalium in Canada. It’s highly prevalent, inordinately drug-resistant, and clinics aren’t testing for it — until recently there was no standardized test available.

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Tinder and Grindr aren’t making people promiscuous: They’re making STIs much tougher to track

May 23, 2016May 24, 2016amp Leave a comment

May 23, 2016 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News

Dating apps are an easy target when it comes to placing blame for the stratospheric rise in sexually transmitted infections.

But it’s not quite that simple.

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‘The war on STIs has failed’: Reinventing the way we tackle sexual disease

May 23, 2016May 24, 2016amp Leave a comment

May 23, 2016 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News

Ameeta Singh’s patients should know better.

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Crisis pregnancy centres mislead women, report says

May 20, 2016May 30, 2016amp Leave a comment

May 20, 2016 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News

Jane was pregnant and she didn’t want to be and she didn’t know where to go.

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Abortion investigation nominated for RTDNA award

May 17, 2016May 30, 2016amp Leave a comment

Our series exploring the disparities in abortion access across Canada was nominated for a Radio Television Digital News Association Award for data storytelling.

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‘Jails are not hospitals’: Stop incarcerating sick detainees, health workers say

May 17, 2016May 30, 2016amp Leave a comment

May 17, 2016 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News

Despite calls from “outraged” Ontario health workers, the province won’t stop putting immigration detainees in provincial jails any time soon.

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Canada is getting a trans rights bill

May 13, 2016May 30, 2016amp Leave a comment

May 13, 2016 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News

Federal Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould is tabling a bill enshrining trans and gender-identity rights in Canadian law next week.

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‘They like having people in debt’: Your payday loan stories

May 13, 2016May 30, 2016amp Leave a comment

May 13, 2016 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News

Nick has loaned people money with the same bills those customers used to repay their delinquent loans moments earlier.

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