Consumer Affairs & Relations

Canadians, health professionals divided on paid plasma donations
Canadians have one day left to let the government know how they feel about allowing a private company to pay citizens in exchange for their blood plasma, a controversial question that has health professionals divided on the safety and supply of the life-saving fluid.
Misconduct ruling for Victoria pharmacist
College finds man guilty of having inappropriate relationships with patients, keeping loaded handgun in drugstore.

Discounting Co-Pays: A tough sell

What do policymakers think about pharmacies discounting their fees while at the same time lobbying them for more money? I asked two of the leaders behind Ontario’s drug reforms about the controversial practice.
Walgreen also had eye on Shoppers

According to a report in the National Post, U.S. mega-retailer had also considered making a bid for the Canadian drugstore chain.
Rona Ambrose named minister of health in Harper Cabinet shuffle

OTTAWA | Canada's minister of health is now Rona Ambrose, who has been the the Conservative member of Parliament for Edmonton-Spruce Grove since 2004.
Lac-Mégantic: 'I thought the journalists exaggerated'
Getting rid of medical files destroyed by a flood? Not so fast . . .

The Alberta college is offering advice to physicians in the province dealing with flooded offices and destroyed medical files.
Where are your voices?

Ken Burns' attempt to put the fate of the profession back in pharmacists' hands wasn't thwarted—the revolution was simply stalled. But he'll never achieve his goal without your support.
Canada’s prescription drug coverage system urgently needs reform: CLHIA

TORONTO | With unequal pricing, rising costs and a patchwork of drug coverage offered to Canadians, the prescription drug coverage system is in need of a major overhaul, says the Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association.
FDA shuts down 1,677 Internet pharmacies

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), in partnership with international regulatory and law enforcement agencies, has cracked down on thousands of rogue internet pharmacies, including some that present themselves as Canadian.

Canadians, health professionals divided on paid plasma donations

Misconduct ruling for Victoria pharmacist

Discounting Co-Pays: A tough sell

Walgreen also had eye on Shoppers

Rona Ambrose named minister of health in Harper Cabinet shuffle

Lac-Mégantic: 'I thought the journalists exaggerated'

Getting rid of medical files destroyed by a flood? Not so fast . . .

Where are your voices?

Canada’s prescription drug coverage system urgently needs reform: CLHIA

FDA shuts down 1,677 Internet pharmacies