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OTTAWA — The Liberal government says it will table legislation in the fall to indefinitely exclude people who solely suffer from mental illness from medical assistance in dying.

OTTAWA — Canadian Justice Minister Sean Fraser and Health Minister Marjorie Michel announced two major decisions for the "path forward" in medically assisted dying on Wednesday. Fraser said the government has decided not to proceed with expanding MAID to people whose sole underlying condition is mental illness. He also said the government would table legislation to allow people to give advance consent to MAID if they are suffering from an incurable illness that will take away their capacity to give consent later.

A 60-year-old woman from Richmond Hill has been identified as the victim in a Vaughan hit-and-run as York police urge the driver involved to turn themselves in. The woman, who police say was a live-in...

When Toronto mayoral candidates Brad Bradford and Olivia Chow face off in a Scarborough-centric debate on Wednesday night, transit will be front and centre. For too long, Scarborough residents have...