Anna Mehler Paperny
@mehlerpaperny.bsky.social
Reporter with the Investigative Journalism Bureau;
Author, Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me: Depression in the First Person;
Nosy questions, mostly.
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Author, Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me: Depression in the First Person;
Nosy questions, mostly.
[email protected] or [email protected]
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Despite Trudeau promises, more Indigenous people being jailed in Canada
Like a growing number of formerly incarcerated Indigenous people, Marvin Starblanket's life is still governed by Correctional Service Canada rules.
www.reuters.com
Canada's mass incarceration of Indigenous people is worsening and an insidious driver is the stickiness of Canada's carceral system - when people should get a shot at freedom, but often don't. www.reuters.com/world/americ...
This is important to note but also important (in the US and elsewhere) is that even people with violent criminal convictions have rights.
This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
November 26, 2025 at 3:19 PM
This is important to note but also important (in the US and elsewhere) is that even people with violent criminal convictions have rights.
On involuntary treatment: "The intervention process outlined in Alberta’s Compassionate Intervention Act ... lacks sufficient evidence of effectiveness and poses substantial ethical concerns." www.cmaj.ca/content/197/...
Involuntary treatment for substance use: application of Kass’ ethical framework to Alberta’s Compassionate Intervention Act
Key points
In Canada, more than 50 000 opioid-related deaths have occurred since September 2024, mostly in British Columbia, Alberta, and Ontario, where governments are all in various stages of develo...
www.cmaj.ca
November 25, 2025 at 9:44 PM
On involuntary treatment: "The intervention process outlined in Alberta’s Compassionate Intervention Act ... lacks sufficient evidence of effectiveness and poses substantial ethical concerns." www.cmaj.ca/content/197/...
Also if they're paid protesters they demonstrably have jobs. Pick a slur, Premier.
The homeless are notorious for paying protestors....it's like avocado toast for them.
NEW: Ontario Premier Doug Ford is doubling down after telling someone in the public gallery to “find a job,” claiming they were a paid, professional protester. #OnPoli
globalnews.ca/news/1154308...
globalnews.ca/news/1154308...
November 25, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Also if they're paid protesters they demonstrably have jobs. Pick a slur, Premier.
Reposted by Anna Mehler Paperny
Trump-era global funding cuts devastate HIV prevention programmes, UNAIDS says reut.rs/3KpYqYv
Trump-era global funding cuts devastate HIV prevention programmes, UNAIDS says
An uncounted number of extra people have died from AIDS and 2.5 million have lost access to medicine to block the spread of HIV, because of cuts to global programmes since Donald Trump returned to the White House, the U.N. body fighting AIDS said on Tuesday.
reut.rs
November 25, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Trump-era global funding cuts devastate HIV prevention programmes, UNAIDS says reut.rs/3KpYqYv
Between the idea
And the reality
Between the pitch
And the story
Between the cold call
And the callback
Falls the Shadow
And the reality
Between the pitch
And the story
Between the cold call
And the callback
Falls the Shadow
November 25, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Between the idea
And the reality
Between the pitch
And the story
Between the cold call
And the callback
Falls the Shadow
And the reality
Between the pitch
And the story
Between the cold call
And the callback
Falls the Shadow
Reposted by Anna Mehler Paperny
The woman who drove the snowplow through a crowd of Palestine supporters was Athena Niggenaber, The Star confirms.
As folks pointed out last week, her social media is filled with anti-Palestinian racism, Islamophobia and other hateful rhetoric.
www.thestar.com/news/gta/con...
As folks pointed out last week, her social media is filled with anti-Palestinian racism, Islamophobia and other hateful rhetoric.
www.thestar.com/news/gta/con...
Contractor who drove plow through Palestinian protesters posted Islamophobic, anti-protest content on social media
The company the driver works for said it issued a one-day suspension over the incident.
www.thestar.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The woman who drove the snowplow through a crowd of Palestine supporters was Athena Niggenaber, The Star confirms.
As folks pointed out last week, her social media is filled with anti-Palestinian racism, Islamophobia and other hateful rhetoric.
www.thestar.com/news/gta/con...
As folks pointed out last week, her social media is filled with anti-Palestinian racism, Islamophobia and other hateful rhetoric.
www.thestar.com/news/gta/con...
Suddenly provincial sovereignty not as much of a concern. theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Carney and Smith to unveil energy deal in Calgary Thursday, source says
Deal has stoked environmental concerns in B.C. and objections from Premier David Eby
theglobeandmail.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Suddenly provincial sovereignty not as much of a concern. theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
shawarma shops should open earlier.
November 25, 2025 at 3:24 PM
shawarma shops should open earlier.
100 Notable Books of 2025
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:03 PM
People in BC who are hospitalized against their will won't be able to sue clinicians "providing involuntary mental-health care." news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202...
Province taking action to strengthen involuntary care, better support patients
The Province is introducing proposed amendments to the Mental Health Act to strengthen and protect mental-health care in B.C. and improve supports for people who suffer from severe, overlapping mental-health and substance-use challenges.
news.gov.bc.ca
November 25, 2025 at 1:04 AM
People in BC who are hospitalized against their will won't be able to sue clinicians "providing involuntary mental-health care." news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202...
I relate too hard to this photo. www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
Premier Eby tells Carney it’s unacceptable B.C. has been cut out of pipeline talks
Eby said he expects Ottawa to include B.C. and Coastal First Nations as full participants in any future talks.
www.thestar.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I relate too hard to this photo. www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
Latest ATIP already a banger.
November 24, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Latest ATIP already a banger.
Ontario is appealing a judge's decision to throw out murder charges because the accused endured treatment in jail the judge called "akin to torture," @bkstar.bsky.social reports: www.thestar.com/news/investi...
Ontario is appealing judge’s decision to toss murder charges because of Maplehurst jail guards’ abuse of inmates
In its notice of appeal, the Crown says the judge erred by “materially misapprehending the evidence" underpinning his findings of abuse and cover-up.
www.thestar.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Ontario is appealing a judge's decision to throw out murder charges because the accused endured treatment in jail the judge called "akin to torture," @bkstar.bsky.social reports: www.thestar.com/news/investi...
when you schedule emails for the following morning, do you cross them off your to-do list today or tomorrow or do you ponder the meaning of purpose-seeking action in a sea of entropy?
November 24, 2025 at 10:09 PM
when you schedule emails for the following morning, do you cross them off your to-do list today or tomorrow or do you ponder the meaning of purpose-seeking action in a sea of entropy?
People kicked out of people's chamber to allow passage of bill that eases evictions. www.thestar.com/business/pas...
Passage of housing bill sparks protest, clearing of Queen’s Park public gallery
Premier Doug Ford told the yelling crowd at Queen's Park to "go find a job."
www.thestar.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:18 PM
People kicked out of people's chamber to allow passage of bill that eases evictions. www.thestar.com/business/pas...
Doctors' offices are masking again.
November 24, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Doctors' offices are masking again.
An end to performative progressivism, or an end to progressivism? www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
No more feminist foreign policy, Carney says
Prime Minister, who made the comments at the G20 summit in Johannesburg, has placed less emphasis on feminist policies than the Trudeau government
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:02 PM
An end to performative progressivism, or an end to progressivism? www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
POV you must sniff everyone on this bus and you only have seven stops.
November 22, 2025 at 9:15 PM
POV you must sniff everyone on this bus and you only have seven stops.