As Canada delays medically assisted dying in mental illness cases, some find relief, others fear consequences

[ad_1] When Savannah Meadows had lunch last October with her mother, Sharon Turcott, Meadows was “all smiles,” the mother told CBS News.  “Maybe she’s turned a corner,” Turcott recalled thinking about her daughter, who had been struggling with serious mental illness. The next morning, she received a scheduled email: “Mom, if you’re reading this, I’m…

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Wildfire smoke threatens California vineyard impacted by 2020 blaze: “It tasted like licking an ashtray”

[ad_1] The hot and dry weather in the West creates the perfect conditions for wildfires. One currently burning in central Oregon, the Flat Fire, is threatening nearly 4,000 homes — at least four have been destroyed, officials say. Another wildfire is threatening vineyards in Northern California.    The Pickett Fire, the largest wildfire in the…

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