Canada judge halts medically assisted death of woman in rare injunction
Court order blocks Vancouver physician Ellen Wiebe from euthanizing Alberta resident due to lack of physical ailment A British Columbia judge has issued a rare,...
Category : Assisted dying
Canada’s assisted dying laws in spotlight as expansion paused again
Canada has one of the highest rates of euthanasia in the world, with 4.1% of deaths aided by doctors, but moves to make it more...
Canada police charge man with 14 counts of murder for mailing poison
Police say Kenneth Law, 58, sent at least 1,200 packages containing lethal substances to addresses in more than 40 countries A Canadian man who allegedly...
Canada delays right to physician-assisted death for mentally ill people
Clinicians say there is concern that the country’s healthcare system is inadequate to protect most vulnerable Canada is delaying plans which would allow people with...
Are Canadians being driven to assisted suicide by poverty or healthcare crisis?
Critics argue laws are being misused to punish the poor but experts say cases represent country’s failure to care for its most vulnerable citizens After...
