Oct 24, 2017 | Drug & Alcohol Testing News
The workers’ union at Agrium Vanscoy Potash Operations (AVCO) in Saskatchewan claims that AVCO violated its employees’ fundamental right to privacy. As part of its drug and alcohol testing program and mandatory entry requirement, Saskatchewan based mining company AVCO...
Oct 19, 2017 | Drug & Alcohol Testing News
As marijuana is set to be legalized in Canada by July 2018, and in spite of the employment laws and human rights legislation currently supported by the federal government and its proposed standards for legal marijuana use, Canada’s trucking industry is pushing for a...
Oct 17, 2017 | Drug & Alcohol Testing News
Though the upcoming legalization of cannabis and the upsurge of community-led initiatives for safe injection sites throughout the country has put Canada at the centre of the global drug policy debate, Canada’s efforts only address the tip of the iceberg as its own...
Oct 6, 2017 | Drug & Alcohol Testing News
In acknowledgement of the employee drug and alcohol policy it implemented on May 8th of this year, the TTC has been awarded the Ontario Safety League’s Award of Excellence for Public Safety. Ontario Minister of Transportation Steven Del Duca presented the annual award...
Sep 27, 2017 | Drug & Alcohol Testing News
On August 21st of this year, drug overdoses in Vancouver surpassed the number of overdoses recorded throughout the city in all of 2016. Largely the result of fentanyl, a potentially fatal opiate, these deaths have prompted Vancouver Coastal Health to open more...
Sep 19, 2017 | Drug & Alcohol Testing News
If on the job impairment results from legitimate addiction, employees of the TTC could be given a second chance. On May 8th 2017, the TTC implemented a controversial random drug and alcohol testing policy after Associate Chief Justice of the Superior Court Frank...
