Phoenix backlog remains as government works towards replacement

A Vancouver doctor at the forefront of pushing the boundaries of federal medical assistance in dying regulations is once again under scrutiny after a B.C. Supreme Court judge granted an injunction, suspending the request for death the woman’s own doctors denied.The 53-year-old Alberta woman, who is not being named in court and reportedly suffers from bipolar disorder and a condition known as akathisia, had her death planned for last Sunday. But the procedure, which she pursued from a Vancouver doctor, was halted the day before by a B.C. judge who found her common-law husband and good...