Alberta College of Pharmacy

• Calgary pharmacist who was robbed hopes use of time-delay safes will reduce crime

  The Alberta College of Pharmacy is requiring all community pharmacies to store narcotics and other high-risk drugs in time-delay safes.

  Crime

  Jun 6
  
• Calgary consumer questions pharmacy return policy after buying a ‘faulty’ medical device

  A Calgary consumer is questioning why he wasn't told a medical device he was purchasing was a final sale, even when it turned out to be faulty.

  Consumer

  May 31
  
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• Working group addresses rise in pharmacy robberies in Alberta

  A provincial working group was made due to the recent string of pharmacy robberies throughout Alberta which is showing a bit of a trend.

  Crime

  Nov 27, 2021
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• Alberta senior worried about extra fees after prescriptions limited to 1-month supply

  An announcement from the Alberta government that it was instructing pharmacists to limit prescriptions to one-month quantities is raising some concerns for seniors in the province.

  Health

  Apr 15, 2020
• Edmonton pharmacist handed ‘additional suspension’ for creating ‘false dispensing records’

  An Edmonton pharmacist who was found by a hearing tribunal to have created false dispensing records has had an additional suspension placed on his practice permit.

  Crime

  Jan 23, 2020
• Edmonton pharmacist’s licence suspended due to ‘unprofessional conduct’

  An Edmonton pharmacist has been handed $30,000 in fines and had his licence suspended for one year after an investigation into his conduct.

  Crime

  Aug 22, 2019
• Edmonton pharmacy owner fined $50K for conduct that ‘undermines integrity of the profession’

  Two months after the owner of an Edmonton pharmacy was found to have behaved improperly, the Alberta College of Pharmacy fined her and gave her a 10-year ban on owning a pharmacy.

  Health

  Apr 18, 2019