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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.

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.

Neonicotinoid Pesticides

Neonicotinoids are a class of pesticides that are used to control insects on a variety of agricultural crops, including seed treatments, and on turf and ornamental plants.

Health Canada Notice to the Media

Government of Canada officials will hold a media technical briefing on neonicotinoid pesticides

Government of Canada Introduces New Tobacco and Vaping Products Legislation

The Government of Canada is committed to protecting Canadians from nicotine addiction and tobacco use. Regulating vaping products to make them less accessible to youth will help achieve this goal.

Backgrounder – Plain Packaging

The Government of Canada has launched an ambitious tobacco control agenda for Canada, which includes banning menthol in most tobacco products, implementing plain packaging requirements, introducing a new approach to regulating vaping products, and modernizing Canada’s approach to tobacco control.

Backgrounder – Vaping Products

The Government of Canada has launched an ambitious tobacco control agenda for Canada, which includes banning menthol in most tobacco products, implementing plain packaging requirements, introducing a new approach to regulating vaping products, and modernizing Canada’s approach to tobacco control.

Notice to the Media

The Honourable Jane Philpott, Federal Minister of Health, to hold a media availability to discuss her visit to Winnipeg, including her meeting with individuals switched at birth and their families, along with Mr. Eric Robinson, spokesperson for the families.