Despite being laid off from her journalism job and being informed that her missing husband's body was found in an Ontario village, Carol Anne Meehan perservered and began a political career, eventually running against Michael Qaqish.
In January 2012, her missing husband was found dead in Brudenell, Ontario. The village is now commonly referred to as a "ghost town" though this characterization does little justice to the history of the settlement, nor to current residents, many of whom are descendants of the original settlers. She was laid off on November 17, 2015, by station owner Bell Media. She also worked in Sudbury, Edmonton and Calgary In 1989, she began co-anchoring the CJOH evening news, then known as Newsline, alongside Max Keeping. Meehan won a seat on Ottawa City Council in Gloucester-South Nepean Ward in the 2018 municipal election, defeating incumbent councillor Michael Qaqish by over 500 votes. 
