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When help means losing choice: The reality of rural mental health care

July 20, 2026October 7, 2026amp Leave a comment

By Anna Mehler Paperny – Investigative Journalism Bureau

Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare’s two cottage-country hospitals are not built for mental health care. 

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Canadian provinces seek to treat more drug users against their will

September 26, 2024October 12, 2024amp Leave a comment

By Anna Mehler Paperny and Nia Williams – Reuters

With illicit drug use, homelessness and untreated mental illness reaching a crisis in parts of Canada, the governments of at least three provinces want to treat more people against their will, even as some health experts warn involuntary care for drug use can be ineffective and harmful.

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