Updated Topic – (Topic: Sponsoring your spouse, partner, children or other relatives)
December 7 2016 – What the changes are to the spousal sponsorship program and how you are affected.
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Shoppers Drug Mart Recalls Digital Temple Thermometers due to Inaccurate Temperature Display
OTTAWA – Shoppers Drug Mart, in consultation with Health Canada, is voluntarily recalling Life Brand Instant Read Digital Temple Thermometers (see photo below), Model No. 057800711568, due to some devices displaying temperatures that are lower than actual body temperatures. All affected devices were sold between January 2013 and December 2015.
Canada lifts visa requirement on Mexico
As of 00:01 EST today, the Government of Canada has lifted the visa requirement on Mexico.
Canada lifts visa requirement on Mexico
The Government of Canada has made it a top priority to re-establish and strengthen our relationship with Mexico, one of Canada’s most important partners. Lifting the visa requirement on Mexico will help build momentum to expand trade, investment and tourism. It will strengthen cooperation, which will provide lasting benefits for both countries.
Statement from the Chair and Vice-Chair of the Task Force on Cannabis Legalization and Regulation
November 30, 2016 (Ottawa, ON) – The Honourable Anne McLellan, Chair of the Task Force on Cannabis Legalization and Regulation, and Dr. Mark Ware, Vice Chair
Health Canada Regulates Chemicals Used to Make Fentanyl
Canada is experiencing a crisis of opioid-related overdoses and deaths across the country. Many of these deaths involve fentanyl, a highly potent and addictive synthetic opioid. The severity of this issue requires a comprehensive and collaborative response.
Growth of good jobs for Canadians the goal of the Global Skills Strategy
November 30, 2016- Mississauga, ON –Today, Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Minister John McCallum and Innovation, Science and Economic Development Minister Navdeep Bains announced that companies will soon be able to bring in the highly-skilled experts they need to grow, flourish and provide good jobs for Canadians faster than ever before.
Government of Canada supports the development of a national suicide prevention service
Partnership between the Public Health Agency of Canada, the Canadian Distress Line Network, and Rogers Communications to link crisis lines across Canada
Statement from Health Canada on Norway House Hospital
In the last year, Health Canada has been made aware of reports of four individuals who were switched at birth in Norway House Hospital in the 1970s.
Health Canada to consult on plan to manage agricultural uses of the neonicotinoid imidacloprid to protect aquatic insects
When it comes to regulating pest control products, protecting the health and safety of Canadians and their environment is a priority for the Government of Canada.