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From Lagos to licensed: One pharmacist's journey into the heart of Canadian healthcare
I became a pharmacist in Nigeria because I believed in the moment when everything changes. Not the dramatic, cinematic breakthrough one might expect, but the quiet, profound shift when a patient who arrives at the pharmacy in pain.
Tech disciplined for privacy breach
Saskatchewan pharmacy tech subject to an investigation and disciplinary measures.

Innovator: Meeting patients where and how they live

From community care to digital innovation, one pharmacist is working to bring social prescribing to pharmacy.
Yes, PrescribeIT is dead. But pharmacists say Canada still needs a national e-prescribing plan.

A new pharmacy sector submission warns Canada risks a fragmented patchwork of prescribing systems without renewed federal leadership on e-prescribing.
The 5 trends that will modernize community pharmacy

TELUS Health's 2026 analysis report reveals the trends that will transform the sector in Canada.
B.C. ‘moving as quickly as possible’ to implement expanded scope: Ministry of Health

But don’t expect to be paid for ordering labs—because no one gets paid for that, noted a ministry official at the BCPhA conference.
At AI forum, experts urge pharmacy to balance innovation, safety and human oversight

It's essential that any AI tools implemented in healthcare—especially in patient care—be overseen and monitored by informed humans, panel warns.
Conservatives call on auditor general to investigate $250 million PrescribeIT program

Conservative MP Dan Mazier cites reporting by The Globe and Mail which suggests fewer than 5% of prescriptions are sent using the PrescribeIT program, which is being shut down on May 29.
Let's talk about . . . the future

Building systems to increase team independence within our current pharmacy models will get us ready for the upcoming revolution.
Three ways AI enables the entrepreneurship process

For pharmacists AI tools mean getting an idea to market may require less time and effort than we previously thought. But there is still much to be learned on how to best leverage the new tools at our disposal.

From Lagos to licensed: One pharmacist's journey into the heart of Canadian healthcare

Tech disciplined for privacy breach

Innovator: Meeting patients where and how they live

Yes, PrescribeIT is dead. But pharmacists say Canada still needs a national e-prescribing plan.

The 5 trends that will modernize community pharmacy

B.C. ‘moving as quickly as possible’ to implement expanded scope: Ministry of Health

At AI forum, experts urge pharmacy to balance innovation, safety and human oversight

Conservatives call on auditor general to investigate $250 million PrescribeIT program

Let's talk about . . . the future

Three ways AI enables the entrepreneurship process