Saying goodbye to Archie Rolland, who chose to die: ‘It is unbearable’

Montreal landscape architect Archie Rolland vowed to end his life rather continue to suffer at a long-term care facility in Lachine he said was treating him inhumanely. On July 4, Roland fled the facility. Three days later, he was dead. Surrounded by friends and family at their country home at Métis-sur-Mer, Rolland closed his eyes and slipped from the living.

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Proposed Canadian assisted dying regulations overlook many important details

A year and a half after Canada’s assisted suicide legislation came into effect, Health Canada released its first draft regulations for monitoring the practice. Though they were intended to provide “transparency and [foster] public trust,” the draft of these standards raises many concerns.

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