Canadians are choosing when to die, often with a smile

The retired Canadian insurance adviser was 93, and "was wasting away" after a long battle with prostate cancer. "He no longer had any zest for life," Josee Poissant told AFP. Last year her mother made the same choice at 96 when she realised she would not be getting out of hospital. She died surrounded by her children and their partners listening to the music she loved. "She was at peace. She sang until she went to sleep." Josee Poissant remembers it as a beautiful and moving moment. "There isn't a good way to die...