Global National: Oct. 7, 2026 | Canada drops plans to expand MAID for mental illness alone

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Canada is indefinitely dropping plans to expand medical assistance in dying (MAID) for people seeking it solely because of mental illness. Heather Yourex-West looks at the federal government's decision, as it also plans to decriminalize advance requests for people with diseases like Alzheimer's. More details are emerging about James Cody Bryant; the U.S. resident accused of encouraging and advising the shooter in the deadly Tumbler Ridge mass killings. Sarah MacDonald is in Bellingham, Wash., speaking with Bryant's neighbours on how they feel about the arrest. The American woman who survived a botched execution attempt is now conscious. As Touria Izri reports, Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike was believed to be brain dead but woke up nearly a week after the state tried to put her to death. Plus, Israel is marking three years since the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led attacks that killed about 1,200 people and saw 251 others kidnapped. More than 74,000 Palestinians have also been kill

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