Tom Yun

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Tom Yun is Toronto-based journalist for the Medical Post and Pharmacy Practice + Business. He has covered a wide range of topics in healthcare, including expanding scope of practice, disciplinary cases and the controversy over PrescribeIT.

Prior to joining the Canadian Healthcare Network, Tom was a digital writer/producer at CTV News and a breaking news reporter at the Toronto Star. His bylines can also be found at the Globe and Mail, Maclean’s, Canadaland and U of T News. As a student journalist for the Varsity, Tom was the first to break the news on the Jordan Peterson controversy in 2016, which subsequently became international news.

In his spare time, Tom enjoys road-tripping across North America, exploring new restaurants around the city and hanging out with his cat Wisteria.

ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR

8/12/2025
How a specialty cancer pharmacy is expanding its care to community pharmacies across Ontario
This past spring, Extend Pharmacy announced its partnership with Wholehealth Pharmacy Partners though its Extend Cancer Pharmacy Network (ECPN) partners program, after a successful pilot project that began with eight Wholehealth locations around the GTA.

Tom Yun
8/10/2025
Manitoba college launches new triage process to process serious complaints faster
Under the new system, which officially launched July 7, each complaint will be first looked at by an analytics unit for an ‘up-front and rapid’ initial analysis as soon as it comes in.

Tom Yun
8/10/2025
Pharmacists ‘increasingly disgruntled’ by work burden from federal restrictions on nicotine pouch sales, Imperial Tobacco says
The company behind the only brand of nicotine pouches legally available for sale in Canada has launched a PR blitz against the federal ministerial order introduced last year that keeps the product behind the pharmacy counter.

Tom Yun
8/5/2025
POLL: Is the ministerial order on nicotine pouches increasing your workload?
Critics of the ministerial order have argued it has increased the burden on pharmacists, forcing them to use up valuable time whenever someone wants to buy a pack of nicotine pouches.

Tom Yun
7/28/2025
Tax judge sides with medical clinic over CRA, finding its fee-sharing with physicians not subject to GST/HST
A tax judge has ruled that a fee-sharing arrangement between a medical clinic and its physicians should not be considered a taxable service, overruling the CRA’s attempts to collect sales tax on the fees.

Tom Yun
7/28/2025
How Alberta pharmacists are fighting for the profession with matching black vests
Pharmacists in Alberta a suiting up in matching black vests to highlight the policy issues facing the profession in the province, from funding cuts to vaccine restrictions.

Tom Yun
7/17/2025
Would Ontarians have to pay for expanded vaccines in pharmacies?
Last July, Ontario said it would consult on allowing pharmacists to give tetanus, diphtheria, pneumococcal and shingles vaccines—but the current proposal would see patients pay to receive them in pharmacy.

Tom Yun
7/3/2025
Walmart Canada sees ‘very positive’ feedback for pharmacy clinics as company eyes expansion
Nearly two months after Walmart launched its first pharmacy clinic in Canada, the retail giant says it has received ‘very positive’ feedback from patients and is carefully monitoring the further expansion of pharmacists’ scope of practice.

Tom Yun
7/2/2025
How many asymptomatic STI cases are sneaking under the radar?
In a pilot study where four Nova Scotia community pharmacies were allowed to offer self-testing for chlamydia and gonorrhea, test positivity rates were three-to-seven times higher than expected.

Tom Yun
6/19/2025
Minor ailment claims in Ontario disproportionality coming from corporate-owned and urban pharmacies
A new study has found that found that corporate-owned pharmacies represented close to two-thirds of minor ailment services claims. In addition, the vast majority of the claims were from pharmacies in urban areas.

Tom Yun