Steve Anthony: True Canadian Pharmacy

U.S. President Barack Obama’s $3.55-trillion (U.S.) budget included one sentence that could reopen a long simmering debate in Canada – how much access Americans should have to inexpensive medicines from Canada.
For years, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has made it difficult for Americans to import drugs from other countries, including Canada, citing concerns about safety. But that has not stopped many Internet pharmacies from sprouting up (more…)

S. “Our system is designed to meet the needs of 30 million Canadians, it is not designed to meet the needs of 300 million U. “But I think we have to wait to see what the whole health-care package is going to look like in the States. administration eyeing price controls
Nevertheless, cross-border trade in prescription medications sold over the Internet is estimated to have been more than $1 billion US annually. ”
If the U. S. S. Drug prices (more…)

A woman who works with the disabled is challenging city officials to take a ride though the slush and snow in a wheelchair.
The Calgary Scope Society’s Hilda Langendoen said trying to navigate a walker or a wheelchair through the slush is next to impossible and she’s disappointed with the city’s response.
“I am just really upset that the city told us not to phone 311 and it’s just our problem, I guess, basically,” she said.
Heavy snowfall followed (more…)