An application filed by Dying with Dignity in Ontario Superior Court on Monday argues that it is discriminatory to bar people with mental disorders from being eligible for an assisted death when it is available to people who suffer physically.
A northern Manitoba First Nations community and the province’s health authority are searching for answers after a family received—and buried—the remains of the wrong person.
Three people were treated in hospitals after trying the candies but were quickly discharged. The “revolting” taste led most who tried the sweets to immediately spit them out.
PHAC spokesperson Anna Maddison says it was only when several cases in Ontario were reported in June 2024 and a provincial investigation was launched that the connection was made.
For cataract surgery, median wait times between hospitals varied from 27 to 188 days, or six months. For knee arthroplasty, wait times could be as short as 24 days to as long as 265 days, depending on the hospital.
