Eight years after the Supreme Court ruled against prayer at city council meetings, seven BC communities – including Vancouver – continue to have them
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 inPolitics & Policy
‘Hidden population’: Aging Canada needs caregivers who need support
Half of Canadians will be caregivers to aging, ill or disabled relatives or friends at some point. These caregivers have their own needs
Posted inProfessional
WeWork bankruptcy not a ‘death knell’ for Canadian co-working
WeWork’s bankruptcy may be ‘disconcerting’, but co-working office owners and users are confident co-working’s not going anywhere
Posted inProfessional
Can a new strategy address an old struggle: veterans employment
Veterans often struggle finding suitable employment when they transition to civilian life. Can a new national strategy make a difference?
Posted inPolitics & Policy
Pharmacare is on the horizon. But is it needed?
The Liberals are expected to introduce a pharmacare bill this year. Experts differ on whether pharmacare tackles the ‘right’ problem
Posted inPolitics & Policy
Basic income: Canada’s next big social program?
Ontario cancelled its basic income pilot project, but efforts to create a basic income remain active in B.C., P.E.I. and Parliament
Posted inHealth
MAID deaths up by 30 per cent in 2022: Health Canada
More than 13,000 Canadians chose MAID in 2022. Of those, 463 were people whose deaths were not reasonably foreseeable, a 100 per cent increase from 2021
Posted inPolitics & Policy
Defeated bill shows ‘absolutely no consensus’ to expand MAID
The Conservatives, NDP, Greens and eight Liberals supported a bill opposing MAID’s expansion to the mentally ill. The bill was narrowly defeated
Posted inProfessional
Do teachers have a Charter right to privacy at work?
Supreme Court considers whether teachers have a constitutional right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure at work
Posted inPolitics & Policy
Accessibility standards failing to remove barriers for people with disabilities
Since the Accessible Canada Act passed, Ottawa has completed three voluntary accessibility standards and recommended none be made into law