December 1, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News
Veterans need to know what information the government is using to determine their disability benefits — and right now, they don’t, the Veterans Ombudsman says.
November 19, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News
A new report released Thursday outlines the growing burden of mental illness in the cost Canada pays for combat, and outlines gaps in information on veterans’ health care costs once they leave the military.
November 11, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News
Tamara Dalrymple gets all kinds of people.
November 10, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News
Members of the army are 3.4 times more likely to kill themselves than non-army members of Canada’s Armed Forces and at least 50 per cent more likely to kill themselves than the average Canadian of the same gender and age, a new study has found.
November 10, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News
Walter Callaghan says it took him seven years, debilitating alcohol and painkiller addictions, and a torpedoed career to convince the military he needed serious, long-term treatment.
November 10, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News
Canada’s new Veterans Affairs Minister said he’ll drastically alter the way the feds treat veterans, giving them the benefit of the doubt instead of making them prove their need.
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.
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.”
Feb. 9, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News
The federal government has yet to live up to a months-old promise to remedy the multi-million-dollar inequity facing the families of reservists killed in the line of duty.
October 1, 2014 – Anna Mehler Paperny and Laura Stone, Global News
The federal government is promising counselling for veterans’ families and smoother transitions between military and civilian life in response to recommendations on how to better serve those who’ve served the country and suffered often crippling disabilities in the process – but says it needs to give more thought to proposals that would improve benefits for those with the worst disabilities and ensure equal treatment for hurt reservists.
