Dying with dignity

• Saskatoon medically-assisted dying facility on hold pending Bill C-7

  A Saskatoon man's plans to improve access to medical assistance in dying with a new facility are on pause as Bill C-7 remains before parliament.

  Canada

  Mar 5
• Liberals set to drop some assisted dying restrictions with new legislation

  The requirement for death to be "reasonably foreseeable" was deemed unconstitutional last year.

  Canada

  Feb 24, 2020
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• Trudeau urged to make assisted dying less restrictive

  Dying with Dignity Canada is urging Trudeau to have his next justice minister give priority to amending the law and go further than the ruling demands.

  Canada

  Nov 18, 2019
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• Quebecers behind assisted dying ruling want to see it become election issue

  Two Quebecers who were successful in getting a court to invalidate sections of the federal and Quebec laws on medically assisted dying want the issue to be given a prominent place on the federal campaign trail.

  Health

  Sep 12, 2019
• Montrealers mourn the loss of Teresa Dellar, palliative care pioneer

  “She taught everyone new forms of dignity, new ways of caring,” said Francis Scarpaleggia, Liberal MP for the Lac-Saint-Louis riding.

  Features

  Sep 3, 2019
• Alberta patients facing challenges accessing medical assistance in dying

  Three years after Canada passed legislation to allow for medical assistance in dying, advocates say there are still roadblocks in accessing the program in Alberta.

  Canada

  Aug 20, 2019
• ‘He just slipped away’: Keremeos man throws party as he undergoes physician-assisted death

  They sang songs, indulged in a potluck feast, drank whiskey and smoked cigars.

  Mar 12, 2019
• This is why Canada is debating assisted death laws

  Audrey Parker’s fight to change Canada’s assisted-dying law has continued after her death, the This Is Why podcast finds.

  Canada

  Feb 15, 2019
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• Friends speak out about former nun who chose medically-assisted death when faced with terminal cancer

  More Albertans than ever before are choosing medically-assisted death. Friends of one woman who made that choice speak out about how her religious faith didn't prevent her from making the decision she did.

  Health

  Feb 13, 2019
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• St. Paul’s Hospital Foundation announces plans for new hospice centre in Saskatoon

  A $20 million campaign was launched in Saskatoon on Wednesday for the first center of its kind in the city – a hospice to support patients through end-of-life care.

  Health

  Jan 30, 2019