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The topic of Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) is in the news again. The expansion of MAID is set to take effect on March 17, 2027, unless Parliament intervenes. On Tuesday, June 16, a special parliamentary committee recommended that the federal government indefinitely pause the expansion of medical assistance in dying for people whose sole underlying condition is a mental illness.

The Beat Magazine's J Bruce Parker recently interviewed London author Kevin Heslop about his new book, The Writing on the Wind’s Wall: Dialogues about Medical Assistance in Dying.

Click this Link to read the Interview on The Beat Magazine 2025 website: https://thebeatmagazine2025.ca/2026/06/17/interview-with-kevin-heslop-author-of-the-writing-on-the-winds-wall-dialogues-about-medical-assistance-in-dying/

19-year-old Simone de Beauvoir’s Resolutions for a Life Worth Living We move through the world feeling inevitable, and yet we are the flotsam of otherwise — how many other ways the atoms could have fallen between the Big Bang and this body, how many other ways…

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Thanks to everyone who attended today's launch of London Street Names: An Illustrated Guide, 2nd Edition at the London Public Library. Special thanks to those who purchased copies of the the book. Your support is much appreciated.

(Photos: Book Cover, Editors Mike Baker & Hilary Bates Neary, and Hilary Bates Neary.)

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Mary Alderson reviews Arthur Miller’s powerful indictment of the American Dream, Death of a Salesman, now playing at the Stratford Festival.

“This gut-wrenching story, probably Arthur Miller’s best play,” she writes. “Written in 1948, the hissing sound of that American Dream deflating still resonates. In fact, it’s loudly disappearing in 2026, making it an apt choice for this season.”

Click the Link to read Mary’s Review on The Beat Magazine 2025 website: https://thebeatmagazine2025.ca/.../can-habitual-lying.../

(Reprinted with the permission of the author.)