Media Advisory: Ontario's Community Pharmacies Host News Conference to
Announce Bill 16 Consultation Recommendations

TORONTO, May 5 /CNW/ - Ontario's Community Pharmacies will host a media conference to announce the details of its recommendations to the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs, Bill 16 consultations, at the Provincial Press Gallery at Queen's Park on Thursday, May 6, 2010 at 1:00pm.

    
    Who:      Donnie Edwards, R.Ph, B.Sc. Phm, owner of Boggio and Edwards
              IDA in Ridgeway, Ontario
              Rita Winn, R.Ph, B.Sc. Phm, general manager, Lovell Drugs

    When:     1:00 pm ET Thursday, May 6, 2010
              At this time Ontario Pharmacists will provide an overview of
              their recommendations to government.

    Where:    Queen's Park, Media Studio
              Legislative Building
              1st Floor, Room 148
              Toronto, ON
    

About Ontario's Community Pharmacies

The Ontario's Community Pharmacies coalition is the unified voice of community pharmacy in Ontario, representing independent owner-operated stores, "banner" groups of independently-owned stores that work together, as well as large and small pharmacy chains. The coalition is supported by the associations and organizations that represent both the profession and the neighbourhood business of pharmacy, including the Ontario Pharmacists' Association, the Independent Pharmacists Association of Ontario, the Canadian Association of Chain Drug Stores and the Ontario Chain Drug Association.

For further information: and to schedule an interview please contact: Ontario's Community Pharmacies Coalition Media Hotline, [phone] x202.