Canadians Opting for Assisted Suicide due to Lack of Access to Care

By Jonathon Van Maren, LifeSiteNews (pictured at right).

The family of an elderly man is speaking out about the terrible hospital conditions that led their father to request euthanasia before he died of natural causes.

The family of Cleo Gratton, an 84-year-old retired diamond driller who died earlier this month in Chelmsford, Ontario, of natural causes after being approved for assisted suicide, is speaking publicly about their appalling experience in the Canadian healthcare system.

According to the CBC, the elderly man “told his family he would rather die than go back to Health Sciences North in Sudbury,” and that a recent stay there found Gratton, who was suffering from heart disease and kidney failure, spending one night in the emergency room and then being transferred to a bed sitting in the hallway on the seventh floor.

My Personal Experience With Assisted Suicide

By Margaret Dore

In another life, most likely in 1980 when I was 23 years old, I talked three young men down from suicide.

What I think happened is that a final exit network person had given them my phone number by mistake.  This was before the age of caller ID.

I was contacted by each of the three young men over a period of time, each one wanting assistance to kill himself.

I called a suicide prevention person to ask what I should do, i.e., with regard to the first one.  The person told me to ask the suicidal person why?  To engage him.

So that’s what I did.  I met each young man at a local park [Seattle's Green Lake, pictured above], which I thought would be safe for me.  I asked each young man why, and then I tried to expand to other topics.  

The last one I got him laughing.  He told me that he no longer felt like killing himself.

“Election Day” Means What it says under Federal Law.

The U.S. Supreme Court has granted review 

of our landmark election integrity case on behalf of the Libertarian Party of Mississippi. We are seeking to uphold a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, which struck down a Mississippi law unconstitutionally allowing election officials to count mail-in ballots received up to five days after Election Day.

The Supreme Court now has an opportunity to reaffirm that “Election Day” means what it says under federal law. Counting ballots received after Election Day not only violates federal law but encourages voter fraud and undermines voter confidence. The Supreme Court should uphold the historic decision by the Fifth Circuit that sensibly concluded that counting ballots received after Election Day is unlawful.

The October 2024, Fifth Circuit appellate opinion found:

NYPD Officer Leaps Into Freezing River to Save Teenage Girl from Drowning

By Emma Bussey Fox News,

In a statement, the NYPD said: "When it came to saving a life, our officers had no hesitation. 32nd Precinct officers saw a woman in the East River and jumped into the frigid water to pull her to safety."

Reflecting on the rescue, Officer Gupta told the Post:

"I’m just glad that we were all there as a group. It was a team effort that gave her a second chance."  "It’s great when you save somebody. That’s what we signed up for in this job, right?" added Officer Amine.

Fox News Digital reached out to the NYPD for further comment.

Keith P. Brown: "Overall, There Simply Are not enough Safeguards in this Legislation to Protect the Public."

A Column from Assemblyman Keith P. Brown (R,C-Northport) on New York State Assembly passing the ‘Medical Aid in Dying Act’ on April 29, 2025...

The “Medical Aid in Dying Act,” otherwise known as physician-assisted suicide, [assisted suicide, and  euthanasia,] is a proposal that should not be taken lightly. I believe this proposal is not in New Yorkers’ best interest as it currently does not address significant risk factors associated with its passage that could carry unintended and potentially dangerous consequences.

The Medical Aid in Dying Act stipulates two things:

A mentally competent, terminally ill adult with a prognosis of six months or less to live may request life-ending medication from their treating physician they can self-administer to cause their death; and

Certain protections and immunities are provided to health care providers and other persons, including a physician who prescribes medication to the terminally ill patient to be self-administered in compliance with the provisions of the proposal.

Wyoming: Trump Pardons Runner Who Trespassed On Grand Teton Trail Closed For ‘Regrowth'

President Donald Trump on Friday pardoned a record-setting mountain runner prosecuted by the National Park Service and convicted by a federal judge for trespassing on a trail that was “closed for regrowth” last September in Grand Teton National Park.

The pardon of Michelino Sunseri comes after Wyoming Republican U.S. House Rep. Harriet Hageman said she was investigating the case as a possible instance of overzealous prosecution.

"We are thrilled that Michelino's nightmare is over, but we're not done fighting against unconstitutional regulations that give low-level park officials the power to criminalize harmless conduct," said Michael Poon, an attorney with Pacific Legal Foundation, which defended Sunseri. "We are ready to help other Americans who face criminal prosecution for breaking park rules that were illegally created."