canada

  • New Canadian “e-passport”

    Bynova

    As of July 1st, all new Canadian passports will now come with a small embedded chip and a digital version of the passport photo.  The chip contains personal information typed on page 2.  The chip has been added for extra security and is hoped to prevent forgeries; a machine reads the chip and authenticates the information…

  • Measles

    Bynova

    The Public Health Agency of Canada released a public health notice on measles on March 26th, 2013.  Two Canadians, one from Ontario and one from New Brunswick,  travelled outside of Canada to Mexico and became infected with measles; they were not previously vaccinated.  It is likely that the individuals contracted the illness from another traveler in the…