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The wife of a man killed in a mass shooting in Toronto says she heard him dying over the phone, but was unable to speak with him directly in his last moments. Heather Parkes had been with Delroy George Parkes, 61, for 30 years and they were married for around …
Read More »Ontario mom calls courtroom statement ‘slap in the face’ to her dying son
The mother of a teenage boy who was horrifically injured in a hit-and-run crash just weeks before his 18th birthday believes her son, now almost 23, is just “holding on for this trial.” Abby Roby shared her thoughts outside court in London, Ont., on Tuesday after the defence made additional …
Read More »Man’s dying wish was to see Dune. Film’s director made that happen months before its release
A palliative care patient’s end-of-life wish was to see the second installment of filmmaker Denis Villeneuve’s Dune before he passed. The Quebec filmmaker and his team rushed to make it happen almost two months before the film’s premiere and just days before the man died. It began in early January when …
Read More »Bill coming in ‘days’ on plans for assisted dying expansion delay: minister – National
Health Minister Mark Holland says he plans to table legislation “in a couple days time” that will lay out more clearly the federal government’s plans on the timing of the expansion for medical assistance in dying (MAiD) to cover people whose sole condition is mental illness. That comes as provinces …
Read More »Ottawa ‘weighing options’ on further delay to expand assisted dying rules – National
The federal government is considering whether to pause its original plan to broaden the rules that govern medically assisted dying so they include patients whose only underlying condition is a mental disorder. “We’re weighing our options,” Justice Minister Arif Virani said Thursday. It would be the second time the federal …
Read More »‘Awful for patients’: Frustration grows over delay in assisted dying expansion – National
John Scully has been living with a major depressive disorder diagnosis for four decades, and despite trying nearly every treatment known to medicine, from shock therapy to trans-magnetic stimulation, his condition has not improved. The 82-year-old says he wants that suffering to end. He wants to do it legally, painlessly, …
Read More »Winnipeg man who says home care failed his dying wife plans to speak at Manitoba Legislature – Winnipeg
An empty bedroom now sits at the end of the hall where Eric de Schepper’s wife spent her final days. “Being in this room here is, is actually quite comfortable. It feels like there is still some essence of Katherine here,” de Schepper said Monday. Katherine Ellis died of pancreatic …
Read More »Winnipeg man says palliative home care failed his dying partner – Winnipeg
A Winnipeg man whose partner is dying of cancer is speaking out against the palliative home care he says has failed his loved one in her final days. Katherine Ellis was diagnosed with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer in late fall. In mid-January, she opted for palliative home care to spend …
Read More »Hamilton man was unable to call 911 during Rogers outage as sister was dying
A Hamilton family is in mourning after facing a life-or-death situation last week during the Rogers outage that left the country reeling, and an expert says it’s evidence of the “fragility” of Canada’s networks. Shane Eby said his father and aunt, Gregg and Linda Eby, who are siblings and both in their …
Read More »As their daughter was dying, a couple waited for a miracle that did not come
William and Penny Molloy hold photos of their daughter, Ashley, outside their home in Harbour Breton. Ashley Molloy died April 11 in hospital in Grand Falls-Windsor, a three-hour drive from Harbour Breton. (Garrett Barry/CBC) Warning: This story contains discussion of suicide. The 90 minutes that Penny and William Molloy waited …
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