Mental Health Minister Carolyn Bennett says the government is putting $156 million over three years toward a new three-digit suicide-prevention hotline. Starting on Nov. 30, people in crisis will be able to dial 988 anywhere in Canada to be connected with trained responders 24 hours a day by phone or text message. The free service…

Canada is set to become the first country in the world to require tobacco companies to print health-warning labels directly on individual cigarettes in a bid to make more Canadians quit smoking. Mental Health and Addictions Minister Carolyn Bennett announced on May 31 that the new health-warning requirements will come into effect on Aug. 1….

The federal government is poised to join a class-action lawsuit being launched by the B.C. government against McKinsey and Co., which accuses the global management consulting firm of “false, reckless, and deceptive marketing campaigns” aimed at boosting opioid sales, according to a report. Carolyn Bennett, the federal minister of mental health and addictions, said in a…