Health Canada

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is promising federal health authorities will not cut any corners when it comes to making sure masks provided by China meet the necessary standards for protecting Canadian health-care workers from catching COVID-19.

Canada needs a more unified approach in the fight against COVID-19 and the feds "will not hesitate" to step in with stronger measures if provinces can't make it happen, the health minister said on Sunday, March 22, 2020.

Canada's largest labour organization and the group that bills itself as the voice of business in this country have set aside their differences to jointly confront the economic fallout from the rampaging novel coronavirus — and they're hoping premiers can do the same when they meet with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Residents of northeastern Nova Scotia anxiously awaiting word from politicians in Halifax and Ottawa on the contentious plan by Northern Pulp to pump 85 million litres of effluent a day into the Northumberland Strait.

German auto giant Volkswagen appears ready to strike a plea deal with Canada after being charged on Monday, December 9, 2019, for allegedly importing cars into this country that company executives knew violated emissions standards.

Lawyers for a group of Canadians affected by cancer they blame on exposure to a weed killer have filed three proposed class-action lawsuits against the product's manufacturer, alleging Bayer and Monsanto knowingly endangered lives.

British Columbia's solicitor general says the province wants to see as much small-scale production as possible for marijuana edibles to allow for regional economic development.

Public health concerns over vaping have cast a haze over expansion excitement in the cannabis market.

Federal officials have to act right away to avoid further risks of serious illness from vaping, eight Canadian health organizations said on Thursday, September 19, 2019.

A youth from London, Ont., has been diagnosed with a severe respiratory illness related to vaping, local health officials said on Wednesday, September 18, 2019.

Health Canada is hoping to use private-sector dollars to fight opioid addiction because "conventional efforts are not enough" to address the national health crisis, newly released documents reveal.

The federal government's effort to rein in the cost of reimbursing veterans for their medical marijuana appears to have failed as new figures show Ottawa shelled out a record $75 million in the last fiscal year.

People who vape should get medical attention right away if they're worried their electronic cigarettes are harming them, Health Canada said on Thursday, September 5, 2019.

Nova Scotia's chief medical officer of health says he and colleagues across Canada have increased their vigilance as American health officials investigate nearly 200 cases of severe respiratory illnesses potentially linked to vaping.

Some Canadian patients and groups that advocate on their behalf are sounding the alarm about the federal government's recent changes to the way it regulates the cost of patented medicines.