May 12, 2021 | Drug & Alcohol Testing & Canadian Law, Drug & Alcohol Testing News
The Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench has recently issued a decision on Phillips v. Westcan Bulk Transport Ltd, upholding a non-unionized employer’s use of random drug and alcohol testing in Alberta for safety sensitive positions. This decision provides...
May 7, 2021 | Drug & Alcohol Testing News
In a recent opinion article published in Policy Options, authors Laura J. Kennedy and Noel Guscott discussed the reasons Canada needs a federal alcohol act. According to the report released by the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA), one quarter of...
May 5, 2021 | Drug & Alcohol Testing News
Healthcare providers across Canada are now testing an app designed to reduce overdose-related deaths. The mHealth app, originally created by Lifeguard Digital Health based in Vancouver, was released in May 2020 in British Columbia through the Provincial Health...
Apr 29, 2021 | Drug & Alcohol Testing News
Earlier in April, the RCMP reported making the largest cocaine seizure in Manitoba’s history, while disrupting a major international drug trafficking network that transported drugs into the province through Ontario. On April 5th, a total of 81 kilograms of cocaine was...
Apr 27, 2021 | Drug & Alcohol Testing News
On the fifth anniversary of declaring B.C.’s public health emergency for overdose deaths, B.C. will officially request a federal exemption from Health Canada to decriminalize personal possession of drugs. Since April 14, 2016, the BC Coroners Service reports illicit...
Apr 21, 2021 | Drug & Alcohol Testing News
According to Oxford County OPP, thousands of illegal cannabis plants were seized in a recent raid that resulted in 10 people being charged. According to a recent tweet by the Oxford County provincial police, officers searched a commercial address on Spruce Street in...
