October 1, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News
How do you measure America’s gun violence epidemic?
Why do Americans keep shooting each other to death?
Veterans’ anti-Conservative campaign fuelled by ‘union money,’ Minister says
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.
Greying nation: For the first time ever, Canada has more seniors than kids. Here’s what that means
September 29, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News
Look out, Canada: Old people are taking over.
Canada’s vets have Conservatives in their sights. Whoever wins on Oct. 19 will be next
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.”
The public health case for tough-to-buy booze
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.
‘Life has no taste now’: Refugees’ torturous wait for family a world away
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.
Is Canada ready for physician-assisted death?
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.
Reality Check: Canada’s record on refugees
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.
What do students really ask in sex ed? (And how do you answer them?)
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.
Mentally ill, found guilty of terrorism: What happens to Chiheb Esseghaier?
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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