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Canada Halts Plan to Allow Medically Assisted Death for the Mentally Ill

People who have mental illness alone will not qualify for assisted death, but patients who have other conditions and expect to have a cognitive decline can make an advanced request.

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Sean Fraser, Canada’s minister of justice, said parliament will pass legislation to bar people whose sole condition is a mental illness from seeking medically assisted death.
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Can Artificial Intelligence Learn the Art of Surgery?

Canada wants to leverage A.I. to improve its health care system. At a Toronto hospital, surgeons are training a machine to distinguish a safe incision from a catastrophic one.

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Dr. Madani, left, and Dr. Timothy Jackson, perform laparoscopic cholecystectomy surgery on a patient at Toronto General Hospital, with the help of visual A.I. guides.
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The Separatist Parti Québécois Wins Quebec Election, Reviving Sovereignty Push

The separatist party’s victory fell short of clinching a majority that would have all but guaranteed a potential showdown with Ottawa over Canada’s future.

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Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, the leader of the Parti Québécois, celebrated a provincial election victory in Montreal.
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Voters in Quebec Election Go to Polls as Separatist Parti Québécois Leads

The Parti Québécois, which promised an independence referendum if elected on Monday, could return to power after more than a decade.

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Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, the leader of the separatist Parti Québécois, arriving to cast his ballot on Monday during Quebec’s provincial election in Montreal.
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Understanding Canada’s Europe Pivot

You sent us your questions about the prime minister’s plan to form a closer relationship with the European Union. Our Canada bureau chief answers them.

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Prime Minister Mark Carney at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, on Sept. 17.
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Separatists Are Poised to Win Quebec’s Election. Independence Is Still a Hard Sell.

The Parti Québécois has vowed to hold a referendum on independence, three decades after Quebec voted “no.” Voters want change, but maybe not that much.

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Supporters at the Québec Solidaire campaign office in Jean-Lesage watch Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, the leader of the Parti Québécois, during the leaders’ debate last month.
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Canada’s Proposed Oil Pipeline Offers Carney Relief From Domestic and Global Turmoil

The new pipeline from Alberta’s oil sands to the Pacific Coast may lower separatist tensions in that province while also loosening energy ties with the U.S.

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Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada speaking about an oil pipeline planned to connect distribution points in Alberta to ports in British Columbia on Thursday in Fort McMurray, Alberta.
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