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Plaintiff in assisted dying court challenge finally gets medical help to die

OTTAWA — One of two British Columbia women challenging the federal government's restrictive law on medically assisted dying has finally been able to end her suffering with the help of a doctor.

Sep 18, 2017 8:43 AM Read more >

The next battleground in Canada's euthanasia debate: advance directives

HALIFAX — Liana Brittain says each additional day with her husband would have been a precious gift, but a gap in Canada's assisted-suicide law cut those short.

Sep 18, 2017 8:41 AM Read more >

Trudeau honours Allan MacEachen as 'peerless' parliamentarian at N.S. service

ANTIGONISH, N.S. — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivered a moving tribute to the late Allan J.

Sep 18, 2017 8:40 AM Read more >

Father of boy who was the subject of an Amber Alert in hospital

MONTREAL — A man who was arrested after police found his six-year-old son, who had been the subject of an Amber Alert, remained in an Ontario hospital Sunday. The boy vanished from St-Eustache, Que.

Sep 18, 2017 8:40 AM Read more >

Large-scale farm created amid poverty, pavement in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside

Michael Ableman has achieved something many thought impossible: creating thriving urban farms on pavement and contaminated soil in one of Canada's poorest neighbourhoods.

Sep 18, 2017 8:39 AM Read more >

Cuba mystery: What theories US investigators are pursuing

WASHINGTON — There must be an answer. Whatever is harming U.S. diplomats in Havana, it has eluded the doctors, scientists and intelligence analysts scouring for answers.

Sep 18, 2017 8:31 AM Read more >

Any lice with that salmon? Parasite plagues global industry

ST. ANDREWS, N.B. — Salmon have a lousy problem, and the race to solve it is spanning the globe. A surge of parasitic sea lice is disrupting salmon farms around the world.

Sep 18, 2017 7:43 AM Read more >

Six stories in the news for today, Sept. 18

Six stories in the news for Monday, Sept.

Sep 18, 2017 4:15 AM Read more >

'Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri' wins TIFF People's Choice Award

TORONTO — The signs could be pointing to award season accolades for "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri," after the dark comedy captured the People's Choice prize at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Sep 17, 2017 8:58 PM Read more >

Indigenous relations minister sorry after fish were seized from Metis camp

CONKLIN, Alta. — Alberta's Indigenous relations minister is apologizing after provincial fish and wildlife officers seized dozens of smoked fish from an annual Metis cultural camp.

Sep 17, 2017 8:13 PM Read more >