Canada is Killing Itself
Commission: The Atlantic
Project: Canada Is Killing Itself, 2025
Story about the expansion of Medical Assistance in Dying in Canada.
Writer: By Elaina Plott Calabro
Photo Editor: Lucy Murray Willis
Assistant: Kelsie Knauf
Sacred Space, Kootenay Boundary Hospital, Trail BC, where MAiD provisions occur.
Dr. Ellen Wiebe has helped hundreds of Canadians through MAID—one of the country’s most outspoken voices for choice at the end of life.
Sacred Space, Kootenay Boundary Hospital
Dr. Ellen Wiebe
Medications used in MaID: Lidocaine, Midazolam, Propofol, Rocuronium
Lori Verigin, a nurse practitioner in rural B.C., provides MAID and describes the work as deeply emotional—something she never lets herself become “comfortable” with.
Lori’s tackle box that she brings to provisions.
Lori's home made pouch that she brings to provisions (euthanasia), containing the medication used in MaID.
Medications used in MaID: Lidocaine, Midazolam, Propofol, Rocuronium
Lori Verigin alone in her garden after providing assisted death. Verigin stated she never wants to be “comfortable” providing assistance in dying. The day she did, she said, would be the day she knew to step back.
Lori Verigin at home.
Sacred Space, Kootenay Boundary Hospital
Sacred Space, Kootenay Boundary Hospital
Sacred Space, Kootenay Boundary Hospital
Sacred Space, Kootenay Boundary Hospital
Sacred Space, Kootenay Boundary Hospital
Gathering Room, Koru Cremation, Vancouver, BC, where MaID provisions occur.
Gathering Room, Koru Cremation, Vancouver,
Gathering Room, Koru Cremation, Vancouver,
