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‘No pricing updates to share for Canadian patients,’ Eli Lilly says in wake of U.K. price hike for Mounjaro
The type 2 diabetes medication is set to rise in price in the U.K.
St. Marys Museum offering a glimpse into historical healthcare with Medical Maladies exhibit
For most of our history as a species, the ways in which we have treated our aches, pains, illnesses, infections and diseases was remarkably crude and, in many cases, lacking in scientific understanding.

Reader photo: East coast beauty

Is there a more classic Canadian road trip than touring the Cabot Trail on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia?
Finding my passion outside of pharmacy

The quality of entries for our 2025 Student Essay Contest was so high that we decided to share them all. Here's an essay by Jessica Hoxha, a first-year pharmacy student at the University of Waterloo.
Big debut for novel Tiny Little Pharmacists

Longtime pharmacist pens a comic novel that puts his profession at the heart of the story.
Saskatchewan launches new medication substitution training for pharmacists

The government of Saskatchewan is allowing pharmacists to substitute medications under certain conditions.
‘Pharmacies are not just pharmacies’: The Alberta Independent Pharmacy Association wants to empower small pharmacy owners in the province

In response to a number of new healthcare policies in Alberta, a group of independent pharmacies has started an association to advocate for their specific needs.
Alberta government to cover COVID-19 shots for healthcare workers in policy reversal

Public health experts and healthcare unions called it irresponsible to force front-line workers to pay for protection in the workplace.
New COVID-19 shot approved by Health Canada focuses on LP.8.1 variant

The variant was declared a variant under monitoring by the WHO in early 2025.
Is the Mounjaro price hike the start of a trend?

Health Canada, CPhA and more share thoughts in the wake of Eli Lilly's raising the price of its diabetes medication in the U.K.