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10-year anniversary of MAID in Canada invites love, pain and shame
TORONTO - For some, the 10th anniversary of Canada legalizing medical assistance in dying might evoke a peaceful memory of their loved one's final moments. Others who long to die but are ineligible fo...
Jun 15, 2026 Evie Wallace holds a photo of her husband beside a memorial plaque at Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park near Cochrane, Alta., Friday, June 12, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
How Quebec has influenced medical assistance in dying across Canada
MONTREAL - Doctors say Quebec paved the way for medical assistance in dying in Canada and influenced federal MAID legislation, passed by the House of Commons 10 years ago to allow eligible adults to r...
Jun 15, 2026
These Albertans signed petitions. What do they think of the separation referendum?
CALGARY - Alberta is planning to ask residents in an Oct. 19 referendum whether the province should stay in Canada or if there should be a future binding referendum on separation. It was prompted by t...
Jun 14, 2026
Communities report high demand for pilot offering permanent residency for rural jobs
OTTAWA - A pilot immigration program to help rural communities find skilled workers for hard-to-fill jobs saw 800 people receive permanent residency in the first two months of this year - and hundreds...
Jun 14, 2026
Quebec becomes first province to ban the sale of energy drinks for children under 16
MONTREAL - Children in Quebec will soon need to be at least 16 years old to buy an energy drink after the province adopted legislation Thursday aimed at protecting young teenagers from the potential h...
Jun 11, 2026
Former Montreal officer cleared in Nicholas Gibbs killing suing ethics commissioner
MONTREAL - A former Montreal police officer who was cleared of wrongdoing after killing a Black man during a 2018 intervention is suing the police ethics commissioner for about $1.2 million, alleging ...
Jun 11, 2026
FIFA World Cup festivities are underway. Here's how Toronto health-care workers have been preparing
TORONTO - As people from around the world arrive in Toronto and festivities marking the beginning of the FIFA World Cup get underway, health-care workers want to assure visitors and residents that the...
Jun 11, 2026
Alberta government orders stop to rebranding of paramedic service provider
EDMONTON - Alberta's minister of hospitals says she has put an end to a contentious rebranding of the province's paramedic service provider. Acute Care Alberta announced last month that Emergency Heal...
Jun 10, 2026
Canada launches new preventive health advisory committee after disbanding task force
OTTAWA - The federal government has launched a new advisory committee on preventive health care more than a year after pausing the work of a task force that had come under fire for failing to keep up ...
Jun 10, 2026
Murray Wood: Health inspection reports aren't as useful as they should be
Murray Wood says health inspection reports are shared publicly in Saskatchewan, thanks to hard work by our newsrooms, but 20 years later, the information isn't as specific or useful as it should be. M...
Jun 10, 2026
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