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B.C. judge urgently halts assisted death of Alberta woman, day before MAID procedure
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia judge has granted an urgent injunction stopping a woman's medically assisted death, the day before it was scheduled to take place in Vancouver. The injunction granted on...
Oct 30, 2024
Alzheimer Society supports advance MAID requests, but also good dementia care
TORONTO - Andre McGrath is living "a really wonderful life." She and her husband of 49 years, Rick McGrath, live in Kanata, Ont., where they golf, take walks and laugh loudly and often. They travel so...
Oct 30, 2024
Ottawa urged to halt imports of endangered monkeys for drug testing, amid U.S. probe
TORONTO - The federal government is facing mounting pressure to investigate the importation of endangered monkeys for medical research in Quebec, after a United States probe allegedly prompted a pharm...
Oct 30, 2024
N.S. votes: Liberals promise more collaborative care, Tories pledge menopause clinic
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia Liberal leader Zach Churchill has pledged to build 20 new collaborative care centres and expand services at 20 existing clinics as a way to help tackle the province's stubbornly ...
Oct 30, 2024
Judge continues to block Florida officials from threatening TV stations over abortion ads
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - A federal judge on Tuesday continued to block the head of Florida's health department from taking any more steps to threaten TV stations that air commercials for an abortion r...
Oct 29, 2024
Judge continues to block Florida officials from threatening TV stations over abortion ads
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - A federal judge has continued to block the head of Florida's health department from taking any more steps to threaten TV stations that air commercials for an abortion rights m...
Oct 29, 2024
Moe: The conservative who began as a left-winger with a hard hockey shot
Scott Moe is a conservative premier who began life as a left-winger with a shot so hard, it was lights out - literally. On a recent fall day, Moe stands among the seats at his hometown rink in Shellbr...
Oct 29, 2024
Alberta proposes new rights, including to refuse medical treatment — with exemptions
EDMONTON - Alberta's government proposed legislative changes Monday to the provincial Bill of Rights aimed at giving residents the right to refuse medical treatments, including vaccines, but is leavin...
Oct 28, 2024
Minister to launch consultations on advanced requests for assisted dying
OTTAWA - Health Minister Mark Holland said the federal government will launch consultations this fall about expanding the medical assistance in dying regime to include advanced requests. But Holland s...
Oct 28, 2024
'Baffling': MP says Alberta minister made false claims about pandemic bill
EDMONTON - A Liberal member of Parliament says he's baffled by the Alberta United Conservative government's response to his private member's bill about pandemic preparedness. The bill from Toronto MP ...
Oct 28, 2024
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