The manufacturer of recently-recalled cribs is now facing a wave of class actions across Canada, as the incident exposes deep flaws in the country's product safety laws. Stork Craft Manufacturing, a leading manufacturer of children's products, recalled over two million cribs because of a design defect that can cause ...

Canada on Wednesday approved an H1N1 flu vaccine that will be ready for use in the coming days as advance shipments have been distributed to all of its provinces and territories, officials said. "With the arrival of the flu season many Canadians are anxious to get vaccinated against the H1N1 flu virus," Health Minister Leona Agglukkaq told a press conference ...

Health officials ordered an investigation Thursday into why the Canadian government sent body bags to an Aboriginal reserve in Manitoba after community leaders requested assistance to deal with an expected outbreak of swine flu. The body bags were sent this week to a remote northern reserve that was ...

Canadian consumer and environmental groups protested on Thursday the government's decision to allow the sale of a genetically modified corn. The Canadian Biotechnology Action Network (CBAN) demanded that Ottawa "immediately withdraw authorization for SmartStax," a genetically engineered corn, "until Health Canada undertakes exhaustive and independent tests." Greenpeace Canada also raised concerns, saying: "Releasing 'SmartStax' without evaluating safety, just a ...