Pharmacist

• Ontario expanding pharmacist scope, looking to loosen regulations for other professions

  The Ministry of Health said it was kicking off consultations that would also let optometrists bypass physicians in some cases and psychologists prescribe antidepressants. 

  Canada

  Sep 17, 2025
  
• Ontario considering expanding pharmacists’ powers to treat more common ailments

  Health Minister Sylvia Jones says the province is consulting with the industry on treating 14 more common ailments such as a sore throat, shingles and some sleep disorders.

  Health

  Jul 24, 2024
  
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• Manitoba pharmacists look to Alberta’s expansion of pharmacy care clinics as example

  After Alberta announced it would be expanding pharmacy care clinics, pharmacists in Manitoba are looking at what such a project could mean for our own health care system.

  Health

  Jan 26, 2024
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• Southern Alberta grapples with prescription medication shortages

  The list is thousands long, but it includes prescription type medication like Tylenol 4, Nitro spray, as well as Amoxicillin, also known as banana medicine for children.

  Canada

  Dec 20, 2023
• Sask. Ministry of Health give timeline of health professional work expansion

  Regulations and policies are being amended in Saskatchewan over the next year to expand the roles of pharmacists, advanced care paramedics and nurse practitioners.

  Health

  Jun 16, 2023
• Pharmacists address questions over new prescribing powers in Ontario

  Experts respond to three common questions about new powers in Ontario that allow pharmacists to diagnose some minor ailments.

  Health

  Jan 21, 2023
• A first for Alberta: Superstore opens pharmacist-led health clinic in Lethbridge

  Lethbridge's Real Canadian Superstore is now home to Alberta's first walk-in health clinic led by pharmacists.

  Health

  Jun 24, 2022
• COVID-19: Meet a N.B. pharmacist and how he’s taking on vaccine hesitancy

  One New Brunswick pharmacist is taking time to help people who are vaccine hesitant to get the shot amid the Omicron wave and government pleas for people to get booster doses.

  Health

  Jan 18, 2022
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• Southern Alberta pharmacies experiencing medication shortages: ‘We’re in a scramble’

  Since the McKesson Canada delivery problems began, several pharmacists say they've had issues filling prescriptions — including some that patients can't afford to miss.

  Health

  Jan 13, 2022
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• N.B. pharmacists coping with high vaccine demand: association president

  N.B. pharmacies have given out 50 per cent of COVID-19 vaccines, and while the demand is higher than ever, the association representing them says they are in for the long haul.

  Health

  Dec 24, 2021