More than 13,000 Canadians chose MAID in 2022. Of those, 463 were people whose deaths were not reasonably foreseeable, a 100 per cent increase from 2021
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Blue Zone cities: how Vancouver stacks up
Vancouver’s environment makes it easy to choose healthy habits. But its drug crisis suggests o key feature of Blue Zone cities is missing
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Court approves historic Indigenous child welfare settlement
$23 billion to more than 300,000 children and their families, $20 billion to reform the child welfare system in Indigenous communities
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Defeated bill shows ‘absolutely no consensus’ to expand MAID
The Conservatives, NDP, Greens and eight Liberals supported a bill opposing MAID’s expansion to the mentally ill. The bill was narrowly defeated
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Could Canadian cities become havens of longevity?
Blue Zone cities have vastly different cultures. Yet, the people in each one live long, healthy lives. What could they possibly have in common?
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Old Montreal churches get a second life
100 churches have been redeveloped over the past two decades. Instead of places of worship, they serve as community and business centres
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Catholic women speak up as ‘patriarchal’ Church debates its future
The place of women in the Catholic Church is one of the hot topics at the general assembly of the Synod of Bishops taking place over four weeks
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Hamas attacks on Simchat Torah add ‘insult to injury’
‘That’s when we realized it’s serious, and different from [past] flare-ups,’ said Noah Ifergan, a Canadian who was in Jerusalem on Oct. 7
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UK boosts funding for security of Jewish community after antisemitism spike
Antisemitic incidents have risen by 400 per cent since Hamas attacks; funding will place more guards in schools and synagogues
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Loneliness: a problem in need of data — and solutions
The UK and US have recognized loneliness as a growing health care issue. But in Canada, it is not well-studied, making solutions a challenge