Alberta says it wants to ban MAID for mental illness, increase oversight of MAID practitioners and ‘protect vulnerable Albertans’
Author Archives: Meagan Gillmore
Meagan Gillmore is an Ottawa-based reporter with a decade of journalism experience. Meagan got her start as a general assignment reporter at The Yukon News. She has freelanced for the CBC, The Toronto Star, Broadview, Chatelaine, Toronto Life and The Walrus and contributed reporting to Accessible Media Inc. since 2016. She has been nominated for a Digital Publishing Award and a National
Magazine Award and is a recipient of the Corcoran Award. She holds a master of journalism degree from Carleton University.
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Canada’s first men’s health strategy cheered as key milestone
The crisis in boys’ and men’s health is ‘obvious’, experts say, making a national strategy both necessary and overdue
Posted inCommunity
Should police be in schools?
School boards across Canada are bringing police back into schools. Experts say the Tumbler Ridge shooting may cause others to follow suit
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B.C. research ‘opens the door’ to more effective cancer therapies
Researchers have found a way to make needed immune cells from stem cells, which could make it easier to produce cell therapies for cancer
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Religious leaders criticize Quebec’s secularism push — and their role in it
Religious leaders voice alarm over Quebec’s latest secularism bill, but also note the need to be self-critical
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Hockey team of octogenarians competes in Ontario winter games
A team composed entirely of octogenarians is competing at an Ontario winter tournament. Some say seniors hockey reflects Canada at its best
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‘Absolutely no progress’: Parliament criticized for inaction on online harms
Experts urged the government to act quickly to protect children from online harms, while youth asked for their voices to be heard
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Chrétien, Harper stress need for Canadian unity
It’s the ‘beginning of the end of the American empire’ and Canada must stay united: two former PMs
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Opposition to assisted suicide for mental illness grows
The inability to predict whether mentally ill individuals will improve makes assisted suicide inappropriate: international organizations
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Tories support tougher crime laws; reject gender-affirming care proposal
After giving Pierre Poilievre a strong leadership mandate, delegates were largely united on policy proposals on topics ranging from bail to CBC funding