Media Advisory: Ontario's Community Pharmacies Host News Conference:
Independent Pharmacists Highlight Local Impact of Pending Healthcuts

TORONTO, May 18 /CNW/ - Independent pharmacists from the Ontario's Community Pharmacies Coalition will host a media conference to discuss direct local impact of the government's $750million cut to front-line community healthcare, at the Provincial Press Gallery at Queen's Park on Wednesday, May 19, 2010 at 10:00am ET.

    
    What:        News Conference

    Who:         Mark Gayowski, RPh, BSc. Phm, Stoney Creek, ON
                 Michael Khalil, RPh, BSc. Phm, Aurora, ON
                 Tim Langford, RPh, BSc. Phm, Waterdown, ON
                 Monica Miatello, RPh, BSc. Phm, London, ON
                 Lesley Paul, RPh, BSc. Phm, Collingwood, ON
                 Jim Snowden, RPh, BSc. Phm, Toronto, ON

    When:        Wednesday, May 19, 2010 10:00 am ET

    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