Independents

The staff of Rogers' Pharmacy group join our friends and colleagues in the pharmacy profession in mourning the loss of Paul Gauvreau.

McKesson Canada is seeking to expand into retail pharmacy by acquiring all outstanding shares of Uniprix Inc.

With the January 1 ban on pharmacy tobacco sales in Alberta, just four provinces-British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and the Yukon-still allow the sale of tobacco products in drugstores

In the first week of January 2009 cashiers in Alberta pharmacies were busy explaining to customers why they no longer had cigarettes to sell them.