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.
Is Canada ready for physician-assisted death?
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.
‘C-51 is a tragedy’: New book slams Canada’s anti-terror law
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.
Pipeline politics: Oilsands and the 2015 election
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.
Prescription to die for: Study finds ‘exceptional’ death rate among opioid patients
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.
Red Cross signs deal to visit detainees in Ontario jails months after Global News investigation
August 20, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny and Patrick Cain, Global News
Canada’s Red Cross has formally signed a letter of understanding allowing its inspectors to visit immigration detainees being held in Ontario jails, after years of fruitlessly demanding access.
So, you want to file an access-to-information request
‘I don’t want to live this life forever’: Your stories on opioid addiction
August 12, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News
It’s easier for Sue to buy Oxy on the street than to get treatment for the addiction that took over her life.
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