London Drugs President and CEO Official Media Statement Regarding June 15 Stanley Cup Riots

Of utmost concern for London Drugs was that our employees at our Georgia and Granville store were able to get out of the store safe.

“We are grateful to our security staff and the assistance from the Vancouver Police Department that our staff were able to leave the store unharmed,” said Wynne Powell, London Drugs president and CEO. “This is a sad moment in the history of Vancouver. Our Georgia and Granville street London Drugs store has suffered significant damage and will not open on time today as a result of the rioting. We need to assess the damage.”

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London Drugs Presents Donation to B.C. Children’s Hospital Foundation

On Sunday, June 5, 2011 London Drugs presented a donation of $27,285.00 to the B.C. Children’s Hospital Foundation during the Miracle Weekend Telethon. The funds were raised from the sale of Jeans Day Pins at London Drugs locations across British Columbia.

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London Drugs presents $100,000 donation to the Canadian Red Cross

Japan is trying to rebuild after a magnitude 9.0 earthquake on March 11 triggered a tsunami that killed thousands and left countless others homeless.

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Pink Shirts at London Drugs raises over $100,000 for the Boys and Girls Clubs

On Wednesday, April 6 London Drugs presented a cheque for $111,122 to the Boys and Girls Clubs following the success of the 2011 Pink Shirt Day campaign. The total for the 2011 campaign is the largest generated from the sale of the pink shirts at London Drugs stores across Western Canada with 100 per cent of the proceeds going to the Boys and Girls Clubs.

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London Drugs store recognized

Gord Osland, from the Rotary Okanagan International Children’s Festival, presents Colin Campbell, Manager of London Drugs, and his staff with a signed poster board from the 2010 festival in recognition of London Drugs’ continued support.

London Drugs Foundation proud to support Royal BC Museum’s newest exhibition: The Other Emily


The Other Emily exhibition curator Kathryn Bridge and contemporary artist Manon Elder at the media event on January 17. The exhibition opens on March 2.

She is hailed as Canada’s greatest woman artist, but how well do we know the real Emily Carr?

A new Royal BC Museum feature exhibition set to open March 2, 2011 will have people re-examining the stubborn stereotypes that have come to characterize the iconic B.C. artist.

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London Drugs donates $25,000 to the Nanaimo Hospital Foundation

On Thursday, February 10, Nanaimo London Drugs store managers presented a donation of $25,000 to the Nanaimo & District Hospital Foundation. The donation will go towards the purchase of essential equipment for the NRGH Emergency Department, set to open in 2012. Maeve O’Byrne, President of the Hospital Foundation, expressed her “extreme gratitude to London Drugs for seeing a dire need and responding with such generosity.”

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