Kristy Kirkup

The World Medical Association, which represents physicians worldwide, has adopted its first-ever policy focused specifically on combatting false health information, following work led by the national associations of Canada and France. On Saturday, delegat... See more

An Ontario father of two with Stage 4 melanoma says he is heartbroken that the provincial government's revised rules for out-of-country medical coverage will continue to bar access to a treatment that could save his and others' lives. Previously, the Onta... See more

Justice Minister Sean Fraser says the government will table legislation this fall that will indefinitely bar medical assistance in dying for patients whose sole underlying condition is mental illness. Mr. Fraser also announced that the government's bill w... See more

The Liberal government will vote against a Conservative private member's bill seeking to restrict access to medical assistance in dying for those whose sole condition is a mental disorder and lay out its own position on next steps for Canada's MAID regime... See more

More than six decades after being diagnosed with endometriosis, former governor-general Adrienne Clarkson considers herself 'one of the very lucky ones.' At 21, after learning she had the painful inflammatory disease, Ms. Clarkson soon had surgery at Toro... See more