A recent B.C. ruling is the first to consider how pre-conception agreements can be used to resolve disputes in three-parent families
Author Archives: Meagan Gillmore
Meagan Gillmore is an Ottawa-based reporter with a decade of journalism experience. Meagan got her start as a general assignment reporter at The Yukon News. She has freelanced for the CBC, The Toronto Star, Broadview, Chatelaine, Toronto Life and The Walrus and contributed reporting to Accessible Media Inc. since 2016. She has been nominated for a Digital Publishing Award and a National
Magazine Award and is a recipient of the Corcoran Award. She holds a master of journalism degree from Carleton University.
Posted inConsumer
Global study on spending reveals keys to happiness
Study participants were each given $10,000 to spend as they chose. These are the spending decisions that made them happiest
Posted inThe Interview
A conversation with Canada’s last religion reporter
John Longhurst, Canada’s only religion reporter, has been named to the Order of Canada for work that recognizes the ‘humanity in every person’
Posted inPolitics & Policy
Fall Economic Statement proposes automatic tax filings, caregiver credit
Ottawa’s Fall Economic Statement was overshadowed by politics. But some of its measures merit attention
Posted inHealth
New report reignites debate over MAID’s effect on socially vulnerable
Health Canada’s 2023 MAID report shows a substantial rise in cases of Canadians obtaining MAID when death was not reasonably foreseeable
Posted inReligion
Giving machines make charitable giving easy during the holidays
Giving machines offer shoppers a new way to give to charities: selecting donations like one would purchase a candy bar from a vending machine
Posted inHealth
More Canadians are feeling older than their age, new poll shows
People’s ‘felt age’ varies between generations, with younger Canadians more likely to report feeling older—and vice versa
Posted inPolitics & Policy
New report slams Ottawa for not tracking effectiveness of seniors’ benefits
A new report says Ottawa is failing to track whether seniors’ benefits are meeting their goals—despite being government’s costliest program
Posted inConsumer
Fund struggles to facilitate market-based housing for First Nations
A recent report says the First Nations Market Housing Fund has ‘fallen short of its goals’ of increasing home ownership for First Nations. Now, it’s working to change that
Posted inDispatches
Mark Carney shares vision for responding to Trump’s tariffs
Canada must address productivity crisis and ‘right-size’ immigration, former Bank of Canada governor told an Ottawa crowd