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Health

Assisted dying law faces constitutional challenge over exception for mental disorders

A man who says he suffers from chronic and worsening mental health issues is among those pursuing a court challenge…

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Lifestyle

China proposes law to make it easier to marry, harder to divorce

HONG KONG – China has put together a revised draft law that will make it simpler for couples to register…

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Politics

Quebec to authorize early requests for MAID, won’t wait for Ottawa to change law

Quebec says that starting this fall it will authorize early requests for medical assistance in dying from certain patients before…

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Politics

Court grants Ottawa four more months to fix unconstitutional ‘lost Canadians’ law

A court has granted the federal government more time to amend unconstitutional legislation concerning so-called “lost Canadians.” The deadline extension —…

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Canada

Former Alberta cabinet minister Tyler Shandro not guilty of unprofessional conduct, law society says

Tyler Shandro, a former Alberta cabinet minister and lawyer accused of behaving unprofessionally and using his position as health minister to obtain…

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Politics

Quebec calls on Supreme Court justice to recuse himself from secularism law case

The Quebec government is requesting that Supreme Court Justice Mahmud Jamal recuse himself from hearing the challenge to the province’s…

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Canada

Murder trial for alleged poison seller Kenneth Law set for Sept. 2025, families told

Alleged poison seller Kenneth Law will stand trial on charges of murder and abetting suicide in the fall of 2025,…

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Politics

There’s an old problem Canada’s new foreign-interference law won’t fix

To understand Canada’s failure to criminally prosecute foreign collusion, an old news report from Washington offers a useful starting point. In 1981, a Canadian…

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Politics

A new law aims to crack down on environmental racism in Canada

For years, researchers, activists, community leaders have shown how Indigenous, Black and other racialized groups have been disproportionately affected by…

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Politics

Court grants government another extension to fix unconstitutional citizenship law

So-called “lost Canadians” will have to wait longer to obtain their right to citizenship now that a court has granted…

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