Reuniting more spouses and partners

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has been looking to find solutions to improve service to clients and reduce the uncertainty for Canadian citizens and permanent residents and for their spouses and partners who are being sponsored for permanent residence.

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.

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.