Five years after assisted dying was legalized in Canada, lawmakers are preparing to review the system that has permitted thousands of Canadians to choose the time and place of their deaths. Here are some of the thorny issues they'll have to examine.

Alone at home during the pandemic, writer Jan Wong shares why she can’t stop watching Korean Netflix, and what it taught her about being "Asian" in Canada.

Police say they've arrested Calgary mayoral candidate Kevin J. Johnston after he was found to have attended an illegal public gathering earlier Saturday.

Kevin J. Johnston, a Calgary mayoral candidate who has threatened to arm himself and go to the homes of health workers, has been arrested after attending an illegal public gathering on Saturday.

Kevin J. Johnston, a Calgary mayoral candidate who has threatened to arm himself and go to the homes of health workers, has been arrested after attending an illegal public gathering on Saturday.

Canada's total COVID-19 infections now stands at 1,323,680 and its death toll at 24,908.

Dr. Manuela Joannou is stepping down from her role as the medical director of a trauma program for veterans and first responders in eastern Ontario amid public anger over her decision to place a registered sex offender as a peer mentor for a group of sexual assault survivors. 

Mohawk lacrosse star Delby Powless says writing a book was a way to come to terms with his own real life experiences with sexual abuse he suffered as a child.

Demonstrations were held across Canada on Saturday amid escalating violence in the Middle East, with pro-Palestinian supporters gathering in cities from coast to coast and a pro-Israel virtual event planned for Sunday.

'The park has been designed to reflect community values and be an all-season destination to meet the needs of all ages and abilities.'

“In the highest-risk neighbourhoods, we haven’t yet reached a high enough percentage of adults who have been vaccinated,” says science advisory table’s Dr. Peter Juni

The winner of the raffle will get the chance to enjoy a scene one-and-a-half hour ride along the river.

Demonstrators waving flags and honking car horns took to the front of Manitoba's legislative building in support of Palestinians Saturday afternoon.

Carl Douglas Snelgrove was found guilty of sexually assaulting a 21-year-old woman in her living room in 2014 after driving her home from a St. John's nightclub in his police car.

The Nature Conservancy of Canada says it got access to land critical to protecting the spiny softshell turtle.

Of the new COVID-19 cases reported Saturday, Saskatoon reported the most with 67 followed by Regina with 26.

Canada's Nate Riech shaved nearly two seconds off his Paralympic world record in the men's 1,500 metres at the Azusa Pacific Last Chance track and field meet in Azusa, Calif.

This comes as the latest outburst of violence started in Jerusalem and spread across the region over the past week.

The proposal to waive certain patents on vaccines and medicines was brought forward in October 2020 by South Africa and India, well before any vaccines had been approved to prevent COVID-19.

When asked if they think competing in the games will be safe, 46 per cent of people said no, 35 per cent said yes and 19 per cent were not sure.

After four days of intensive searching, UBC professor Sinikka Elliott's body has been found, say RCMP.

The Department of National Defence says Maj-Gen. Dany Fortin left his post with the Public Health Agency of Canada pending the results of a military investigation.

Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart is apologizing and condemning systemic racism after an incident that the city's police department describes as a case of mistaken identity.

In the last 24-hours, India reported 326,098 new COVID-19 infections and 3,890 deaths, however experts have cautioned that both figures are likely an undercount. 

A semi-truck rolled over Saturday morning in Saskatoon, spilling what appeared to be agricultural seed. No injuries have been reported.

Few details have released, but police confirmed a stabbing happened in the area of University Crescent and Patricia Street, and another near Richmond Street and Epworth Avenue.

Surinder Dhillon and his family say they spent four days at the New Brunswick border despite having approval to enter Nova Scotia amid a COVID-19 travel ban.

The crash happened just after 2 p.m. Friday on Highway 19 when an SUV collided with a dump truck.

Police haven't released the number of people arrested at the two events.

Police arrested and charged 21 people on Saturday in relation to two separate illegal gatherings that occurred in Halifax.

Over 1,000 people in Montreal waved Palestinian flags, drove through the streets and gathered in front of Israel's consulate general in Westmount in support of Palestine in wake of the growing violence between Israel and Hamas.

Hundreds of people in Montreal waved Palestinian flags, drove through the streets and gathered in front of Israel's consulate general in Westmount in support of Palestine in wake of the growing violence between Israel and Hamas.

Thousands of people in Montreal waved Palestinian flags, drove through the streets and gathered in front of Israel's consulate general in Westmount in support of Palestine in wake of the growing violence between Israel and Hamas.

The letter argues that Quebec has the power to unilaterally change the Canadian constitution to affirm that Quebec is a nation and that French is its official language.

Search and rescue teams, along with community members, are searching for an 8-year-old boy with autism who has been missing since Friday night in Roseau River First Nation, Man.

Saturday's COVID-19 update marked the first time the province has seen double-digit figures in more than two weeks.

Fresh off tabling a 100-page bill that seeks to strengthen existing language laws, Premier François Legault took to Facebook to share a letter he wrote to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Aarsh Shah is the first student from Regina's Campbell Collegiate to be awarded the prestigious STEM scholarship from The Schulich Foundation.

In their Saturday COVID-19 update, the province announced the 1,704 vaccine shots given Friday were a new single-day vaccination record.

The Last Chance Saloon, about 15 kilometres southeast of Drumheller, Alta., was built by the Rosedeer Coal Co. to house its workers and opened in 1913.

The letter was purportedly written by a 12-year-old schoolgirl from northern France who was a passenger in third class and among the poorer people on the ill-fated passenger liner.

Vancouver police have apologized after officers wrongly detained and handcuffed an 81-year-old retired Black judge during his morning walk on the seawall while searching for a suspect described as dark-skinned and decades younger.

Ontario golfers have been pushing the province to reopen courses ordered closed while the province is under stay-at-home orders, but some observers say access to outdoor recreational facilities serving a wider population should be just as high on the agenda.

A new report found that 89 per cent of COVID-19 deaths in 2020 had at least one other health condition or complication also reported on their death certificate.

The daily COVID-19 case count in the province has been hovering just under the 800-mark for most of the week, aside from Friday, which saw a slight jump with 838 cases.

More COVID-19 testing sites are being added in Nova Scotia to help deal with clusters of cases outside the province's central health zone.

Cruise ships currently have to stop in Victoria or Vancouver on their way to Alaska. Now they may be allowed to bypass.

Someone clearly thought Prime Minister Trudeau's message of a “one-dose summer” and “two-dose fall” was clever and catchy, but it’s really anything but, Rob Breakenridge says.

Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin, the military commander leading vaccine logistics at the Public Health Agency of Canada, has left his post and is now the subject of a military investigation, according to a statement from the Department of National Defence.

Mike Farnworth, B.C.’s solicitor general, offered gang members a grim warning: ‘There’s only two ways this is going to end: It’s either jail or they’re dead. If they’re dead, they’re not mourned by anybody but their family, because they’re forgotten by everybody else’