Xavi Richer Vis

Journalist

Author Profile

Xavi Richer Vis is a Toronto-based associate editor for the Canadian Healthcare Network.

Prior to joining CHN, Xavi was a digital editor at Canadian Business magazine and a reporter at the Investigative Journalism Foundation. His bylines can be found in The Globe and Mail, Wired, Maclean’s, TVO Today and The Narwhal, among many others.

Outside work, Xavi loves traveling, reading, horror movies, mezze platters and spending way too much time on Wikipedia.

ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR

4/13/2026
Forged prescriptions are spiking in Alberta—especially in this one city
The ACP is reminding pharmacies to report suspected or confirmed fraud.

Xavi Richer Vis
4/12/2026
Manitoba college opens consultation on pharmacist-prescribed birth control
Proposed changes would allow pharmacists to administer contraceptive pills, patches and vaginal rings.

Xavi Richer Vis
4/8/2026
B.C. ponders eight new minor ailments—but Neighbourhood Pharmacy wants to move from ‘list-based’ expansion model altogether
Neighbourhood Pharmacies Association is urging the province to move beyond list-based limits and strengthen system supports to make changes work.

Xavi Richer Vis
4/6/2026
Manitoba pharmacist disciplined after potentially 'fatal' fentanyl error
The College of Pharmacists of Manitoba cited failures in oversight, including missed follow-up after a medication error and gaps that left a transplant patient without critical drugs.

Xavi Richer Vis
4/1/2026
OCP wants feedback on proposed scope expansion deemed higher risk
The 60-day consultation invites input on training for three common ailments and the administration of a injectable opioid treatment.

Xavi Richer Vis
3/31/2026
Can comedians annoy pharmacy students into learning?
Actors playing unpredictable patients participate in the University of Montréal's new simulation centre, helping them train the new generation of pharmacists.

Xavi Richer Vis
3/31/2026
Alberta regulator reminds pharmacies of ephedrine, pseudoephedrine rules
Federal update doesn’t change how products are stored or sold, says the Alberta College of Pharmacy.

Xavi Richer Vis
3/31/2026
B.C. rolls out ‘once-in-a-generation’ overhaul of pharmacy and other health profession regulatory authorities
The newly effective Health Professions and Occupations Act makes major changes to how discipline cases are handled for pharmacists in B.C.

Xavi Richer Vis
3/29/2026
Pharmacist-led cancer clinic is a 'lifesaver' as oral therapies surge
Waterloo clinic embeds pharmacists into oncology teams, easing pressure as more patients shift to oral anticancer drugs.

Xavi Richer Vis
3/29/2026
'Theft is a criminal offence': ACP warns about the dangers of diverting medication
Alberta pharmacy regulator sends reminder to members after suspending technician who took controlled substances for personal use.

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