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Canada Woman With Alzheimer's "Relieved" At Assisted Suicide Policy Shift
Sandra Demontigny was afraid of being a prisoner in her own body: a 45-year-old diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's, she worried about losing control of her life and burdening those she loves for years.
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Kerala Doctor Allegedly Ends Life Hearing Of Son's Death In Accident In Canada: Cops
A doctor allegedly ended her life by hanging in her home in Kayamkulam here after hearing of the demise of her elder son who was studying abroad, police said on Friday.
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Suicide Over Canada Study Visa Brings Delays, Rejection Rates In Focus Again
Canada is a favoured destination due to its relatively friendly immigration policies. Expectations, thus, are higher, as is the frustration. Canadian government has said it's working to cut delays by hiring more people to process applications.
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The Suicide Squad Box Office Disappoints, DC Movie Crawls to $72.2 Million Gross
The Suicide Squad box office collection up to $72.2 million (about Rs. 536 crores) after $26.5 million (about Rs. 196 crores) opening weekend in the US and Canada, and $35 million (about Rs. 260 crores) from 69 markets elsewhere. Jungle Cruise brings in $30.8 million (about Rs. 228 crores) on second weekend, Black Widow up to $359.8 million (about ...
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Canada Teen Murder Suspects Died In "Suicides By Gunfire": Police
Autopsies confirmed that two bodies discovered in the Canadian wilds were those of teen murder suspects who apparently took their own lives, police said Monday.
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World Leaders Condemn Somalia Bombing 'In Strongest Terms'
World leaders from the United States, Britain, Canada and France on Sunday strongly condemned the weekend suicide bombing in Somalia, the worst attack in the country to date with at least 137 deaths.
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Canadian Doctors Help 2,000 Commit Suicide In A Year
Nearly 2,000 people with incurable diseases were helped to die by a doctor in the first year since Canada legalized medically-assisted suicide, according to a report published Friday.
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Non-Canadians Not Eligible For Assisted Suicide
Canada's new assisted suicide law to be announced on Thursday will exclude non-Canadians, which means Americans won't be able to travel to Canada to die.
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So Many People Attempted Suicide In This Place That A State Of Emergency Was Declared
There's a crisis gripping a small indigenous community in Northern Ontario: The Attawapiskat First Nation, home to fewer than 2,000 people, is struggling with a suicide epidemic.
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Canadian Man Arrested On Terror-Related Charge Near Toronto
Authorities arrested a 23-year-old man in the Toronto suburbs on Saturday on a terrorism-related charge, but stressed it was not linked to the deadly suicide bombings in Brussels.
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Ageing, Indebted Japan Debates Right To 'Die With Dignity'
Although Japan has one of the world's fastest ageing populations, the country has no laws regarding "living wills", let alone assisted suicide, which is legal in a few U.S. states such as California and some nations including Canada and Belgium.
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Murder Suspected In Deaths Of Thousands Of Canadian Aboriginal Women: Minister
Canada's minister of indigenous affairs Tuesday accused police of failing to investigate possibly thousands of murders of native women that their families say were wrongly classified as suicide, accidental death or by natural cause.
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Canada's Supreme Court Greenlights Assisted Suicide
The Supreme Court of Canada decided on Friday to allow doctor-assisted suicide across the country under certain circumstances, while giving the government more time to pass a law governing the practice.
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Court Ruling Makes Canada Latest to Allow Doctor-Assisted Suicide
The Supreme Court of Canada overturned a ban on physician-assisted suicide today, unanimously reversing a decision it made in 1993 and putting Canada in the company of a handful of Western countries where the practice will be legal.
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US Case on Encouraging Suicides Online Continues
Prosecutors argued on Friday that a former nurse should be convicted of assisting suicide for sending emails and other online communications in which he urged two people in Britain and Canada to kill themselves and gave them information on how to do it.
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Canada Woman With Alzheimer's "Relieved" At Assisted Suicide Policy Shift
Sandra Demontigny was afraid of being a prisoner in her own body: a 45-year-old diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's, she worried about losing control of her life and burdening those she loves for years.
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Kerala Doctor Allegedly Ends Life Hearing Of Son's Death In Accident In Canada: Cops
A doctor allegedly ended her life by hanging in her home in Kayamkulam here after hearing of the demise of her elder son who was studying abroad, police said on Friday.
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Suicide Over Canada Study Visa Brings Delays, Rejection Rates In Focus Again
Canada is a favoured destination due to its relatively friendly immigration policies. Expectations, thus, are higher, as is the frustration. Canadian government has said it's working to cut delays by hiring more people to process applications.
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The Suicide Squad Box Office Disappoints, DC Movie Crawls to $72.2 Million Gross
The Suicide Squad box office collection up to $72.2 million (about Rs. 536 crores) after $26.5 million (about Rs. 196 crores) opening weekend in the US and Canada, and $35 million (about Rs. 260 crores) from 69 markets elsewhere. Jungle Cruise brings in $30.8 million (about Rs. 228 crores) on second weekend, Black Widow up to $359.8 million (about ...
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Canada Teen Murder Suspects Died In "Suicides By Gunfire": Police
Autopsies confirmed that two bodies discovered in the Canadian wilds were those of teen murder suspects who apparently took their own lives, police said Monday.
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World Leaders Condemn Somalia Bombing 'In Strongest Terms'
World leaders from the United States, Britain, Canada and France on Sunday strongly condemned the weekend suicide bombing in Somalia, the worst attack in the country to date with at least 137 deaths.
-
Canadian Doctors Help 2,000 Commit Suicide In A Year
Nearly 2,000 people with incurable diseases were helped to die by a doctor in the first year since Canada legalized medically-assisted suicide, according to a report published Friday.
-
Non-Canadians Not Eligible For Assisted Suicide
Canada's new assisted suicide law to be announced on Thursday will exclude non-Canadians, which means Americans won't be able to travel to Canada to die.
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So Many People Attempted Suicide In This Place That A State Of Emergency Was Declared
There's a crisis gripping a small indigenous community in Northern Ontario: The Attawapiskat First Nation, home to fewer than 2,000 people, is struggling with a suicide epidemic.
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Canadian Man Arrested On Terror-Related Charge Near Toronto
Authorities arrested a 23-year-old man in the Toronto suburbs on Saturday on a terrorism-related charge, but stressed it was not linked to the deadly suicide bombings in Brussels.
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Ageing, Indebted Japan Debates Right To 'Die With Dignity'
Although Japan has one of the world's fastest ageing populations, the country has no laws regarding "living wills", let alone assisted suicide, which is legal in a few U.S. states such as California and some nations including Canada and Belgium.
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Murder Suspected In Deaths Of Thousands Of Canadian Aboriginal Women: Minister
Canada's minister of indigenous affairs Tuesday accused police of failing to investigate possibly thousands of murders of native women that their families say were wrongly classified as suicide, accidental death or by natural cause.
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Canada's Supreme Court Greenlights Assisted Suicide
The Supreme Court of Canada decided on Friday to allow doctor-assisted suicide across the country under certain circumstances, while giving the government more time to pass a law governing the practice.
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Court Ruling Makes Canada Latest to Allow Doctor-Assisted Suicide
The Supreme Court of Canada overturned a ban on physician-assisted suicide today, unanimously reversing a decision it made in 1993 and putting Canada in the company of a handful of Western countries where the practice will be legal.
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US Case on Encouraging Suicides Online Continues
Prosecutors argued on Friday that a former nurse should be convicted of assisting suicide for sending emails and other online communications in which he urged two people in Britain and Canada to kill themselves and gave them information on how to do it.
