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One of Canada's leading builders of the profession of pharmacy, Manitoban Stewart Wilcox, died of cancer on January 5th, 2009 at the age of 74 in Winnipeg.

The National Non-Smoking Week running from January 18 to 24 is an ideal time to emphasize the smoking cessation services offered by healthcare professionals.

Healthcare advocacy groups call for increasing investments in the sector to help stimulate Canada's slumping economy.

Coverage said to be worst in Canada

Yukon relies on CMA services out of proportion to its small size: president

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

NLMA sees date change as a positive sign after unusual deals struck between government and individual specialties last year