Nova Scotia needs a dedicated child advocate after the deaths of at least 11 children under provincial care since 2004, including a 16-year-old girl found dead in a Halifax home over the weekend, the opposition Tories say.
Derek Saretzky appeared briefly via closed-circuit television from the Calgary Remand Centre. He is charged with first-degree murder in the September deaths of Hailey Dunbar-Blanchette and Terry Blanchette.
An internal memo from a Roman Catholic health-care provider in Vancouver reminds its leadership team that physician-assisted dying violates the Catholic faith and until the law changes the service will not be provided.
The highly anticipated report of a special joint parliamentary committee on medically assisted dying is far from the final word on the subject.
Vince Li — who has changed his name to Will Baker — killed Tim McLean during a bus trip along the TransCanada Highway near Portage la Prairie in July 2008.
The government has put five conditions in place for lifting a moratorium which include a plan for regulations, waste water disposal, a process to consult First Nations, a royalty structure and a so-called social licence.