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Dorothy Dobbie Here’s what you need to know about fentanyl and how
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s of this past November, 2016, all returning Canadian citizens will need a valid Canadian passport to board their flight to Canada. A valid Canadian passport is
the only reliable and universally accepted travel document. It provides proof that you are a citizen and have the right to enter Canada without being subjected to immigration screening. Travellers should also ensure that the expiry date of the passport is well beyond their planned return date. Generally that means that your passport should be good for more than six months. Some travellers will need two passports or even more documentation
If you are a dual Canadian citizen used to returning to or
transiting through Canada by air with your non-Canadian passport, you will no longer able to do so. You will now need a valid Canadian passport to board your flight. If your country needs you to enter and exit their country using a passport issued by its government, you will now need to carry both passports when you travel because you will need a valid Canadian passport to board your flight back to Canada. If you are a permanent resident of Canada and a citizen of
a visa-exempt country, you need to travel with your Cana- dian permanent resident (PR) card or permanent resident travel document when flying to Canada. Otherwise, you may not be able to board your flight to Canada. Permanent residents do not require an eTA. What is an eTA, and who needs one?
An eTA is an entry requirement for visa-exempt foreign
nationals travelling to or transiting through Canada by air. Tis electronic document allows Canada to screen for- eigners for their admissibility to enter Canada. Canadian citizens will not need an electronic travel authorization, or eTA; however, many other travellers will, although you do not need a Canadian passport, a Canadian visa or an eTA to enter Canada if you are travelling with a valid U.S. passport. You are also exempt from both the visa and eTA re-
quirements if you have a valid Canadian Refugee Travel document. Most other travellers, however, need a valid entry docu-
ment such as an electronic travel authorization or a visa to visit Canada. Tis will depend on your citizenship or your situation. Visa-exempt foreign nationals need an eTA to
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Guest composer Meredith Monk. Photo by Julieta Cervantes.
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concerts: Debussy’s La Mer and Wagner’s Tristan. And in the Pops, we had concerts with Jann Arden, Finjan and E.T. – the Extra-Terrestrial. Oh, yes. E.T. was back. “Going Home.” But today, I would like to tell you about the most creative week in Canada that happens at
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ear friends: At the symphony we are buzzing along. In autumn I conducted some fantastic
Canadian composer Christos Hatzis. Photo by Bo Huang.
Turkish composer Fazil Say. Photo by Marco Borggreve.
the end of January: the Winnipeg New Music Fes- tival. As you know, the festival is internationally recognized, and last year was our 25th anniver- sary. Te festival has a huge impact on how the symphony is perceived both at home and abroad. You may not know this but the invitation for the WSO to perform at Carnegie Hall three years ago was based on the programming of the festival. At the festival we perform music from living
composers that ranges from the beautiful to the dramatic to the odd – a little bit like the Fringe Festival, and a must-see for every Winnipegger. New Music Festival page 13
here’s a vicious killer stalking our streets and he wears a variety of disguises. Sometimes he looks like OxyContin, other times he hides in
heroin or cocaine or methamphetamines such as crystal meth – even in marijuana. Tis killer is the deadly drug, fentanyl. Where it came from
Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that was developed
way back in the 1960s by a guy named Paul Janssen, Baron Janssen to be exact. A Belgian born in 1926, he was the founder of Janssen Pharmaceutica, a compa- ny responsible for the development of treatments for schizophrenia, menstrual pain, cardiovascular dis- ease, allergies, mental illness and diarrhea, among a long list of others. His development of fentanyl was focused on pain management and marketed as the anesthetic, Sublimaze. It is chemically similar to De- merol (meperidine). Derivatives include sufentanil, alfentanil, remfentanil and lofentanil. Janssen Pharmaceutica was the first Western
company to set up manufacturing in the People’s Republic of China. Now the expertise earned there through that early factory is coming back to haunt us as most of the fentanyl entering Canada is coming from China. And not only is the drug being shipped in, but so are pill presses and other manufacturing aids.
A Naloxone Kit. Photo by James Heilman, MD. How fentanyl works Like all opioids, including the poppy-based ones
and other synthetics such as heroin, fentanyl binds in the brain to opioid receptors that control pain and emotion. In doing so, it drives up our natural dopamine levels which gives us that sense of euphoria and relaxes us and creates a feeling of well-being. Te problem is that fentanyl also binds to the receptor in the brain that controls breathing. Fentanyl acts rapidly, delivering a shot of rapture to
the brain, but this lasts very briefly – not even as long a time as that induced by heroin. Tis is followed by deep relaxation, slower breathing, lower heart rate, loss of focus and concentration and, finally, mellowness and even sleep. Te danger is that the tiniest amount too much (perhaps one grain, the size of a sugar crystal) can cause breathing to stop. Te result is death. At the outset, the euphoria and relaxation and (for those taking it medically) the cessation of pain makes Fentanyl page 4
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