I had to wait later than I normally do to book a trip to the Twin Cities. It came down to the final…read moregame of the regular season to see whether the Minnesota Wild would get home ice advantage. It did on Friday night. I booked everything by 2 am Saturday morning. I thought that I was less crazy about being a hockey fan than in the past. Nope. I still put the fan in fanatic. I booked flights getting me to the Twin Cities on Sunday. I needed an antigen test on the weekend. My local testing place does not conduct antigen tests on weekends. Using the same SRx network, I found one in a plaza in Etobicoke, where I frequent Wok of Asia the most. I booked an appointment for Saturday at 3:30 pm, within 24 hours of my departure time. There's plenty of parking at this plaza. I parked steps away from the pharmacy. Oddly, the test is conducted at SHC (Specialty Health Clinic), two doors down from SRx Health Solutions, separated by a walk-in clinic. I walked in and was greeted by Kirsten, who ultimately conducted my antigen test. She was personable and nice. I had to fill out a form before we did the test. All went well. We went into one of the medical rooms. She advised how she was going to do conduct the test with the swab that she had in her hand. It was seamless and painless. I pulled down my mask. She swabbed each nostril for about ten seconds each. Done. I waited for ten minutes while she got my test result. A man walked in and thought that I worked at this clinic. I had to let him know that I was a patient and Kristen would come help him soon. I sat down. He actually wanted the walk-in clinic next door. I can see the confusion having three businesses that are health-related and connected in some way. My test result was ready. She let me look at the report to make sure everything was okay. My middle names were missing and I wanted to make sure that it matched my passport. She was great making the change. I appreciated it, despite her killing a twig off a tree with the first one. The antigen test at this location is cheaper than at my usual place. I paid $34 dollars, a whopping $5 cheaper. This place only accepts credit cards. It has my debit card (it's a Visa debit card, too) on file, so I paid without whipping out my card. Done! I thanked her, and left with my negative test result and my receipt. She sent me a PDF version of my report to my inbox, too. If you do need an antigen test quickly for travel, on the weekend, and at a decent price, come here. It also helps that you get a friendly, competent tester. (135)

I like visiting the Shoppers' Drug Mart located at the south-east corner of Kipling & Dixon. The…read morepostal outlet is a great feature. The store clerks are very cordial and the postal staff are terrific. Apparently, they'll be relocating to the space vacated by Food Basics. I'm looking forward to the expansion. However, I hope they won't loose their charm which they currently have.

My rating is 3.5 stars…read more After work last Thursday, I wanted to pick up some hand cream for my mom. She had cracked skin on one of her hands for at least a week. The hand cream that she was using wasn't healing a thing. I found one brand that seemed promising while doing some research online. The site said that it was available at this particular Shoppers Drug Mart. The store was conveniently on my way home from work. Then again, I cut across most of the GTA, so I pass by a ton of stores! This store is in a plaza. There seemed to be a Food Basics or some green-painted grocery store that has closed down. Shoppers Drug Mart is in the corner further down. The parking area can be a bit chaotic. It's an older plaza and the lanes are more narrow than what I'm used to in suburbia. This store has been here for a while. It has everything that you'd expect it to have, including a grocery aisle. I walked every aisle and could not find the hand cream that I was looking for, which was disappointing. However, there was a Gold Bond one that was on sale. It has been approved by the Canadian Diabetes Society. It has proven results. It was also on sale. I bought it! I dropped the cream off at my parents' place. My mom said that she would try the hand cream out immediately. This morning, I spoke to my mom. She said that three hours later, she noticed a huge difference. She no longer has cracked hands. Nice! She asked me whether she could pay me back. Hearing her say that this product works is all that I wanted. The lone cashier at this store was friendly and made sure that each customer was okay. She helped out a senior ahead of me. I liked the care that she showed and the help that she gave. I'd come back here again when I'm in the area. (157)

I am very happy about the service Amit and his team provides. They are courteous and shows…read moregeniune care for their customers. I always get very detailed information and instructions about all of my medications. Amit usually provide more than what's needed, and that give me the satisfaction of knowing that I can take my meds safely with the instructions provided by this great team.

From the owner: Visit Blossom Pharmacy in Etobicoke for personalized pharmacy services and a community-driven…read morehealth care provider. Call to get your prescription filled today or drop by to speak to a pharmacist today.

I was fortunate enough to get on a list at a pharmacy for my booster shot a few weeks ago at this…read morelocation. We were required to register online in advance, but no appointment was required. On arrival, we let the staff know we had registered for a booster online. At first we were told to wait in our cars, and that they would only administer the booster between actual booked appointments (there was nowhere to book said appointment online?). We ended up waiting inside in the end and after an appointment was done, the pharmacist was nice enough to booster us next. It was a one man show and the process seemed longer, but of course we were patient and just grateful to get vaccinated earlier than so many others. The space was clean (they were in the middle of a renovation so shelves were cleared out and there was clearly new laminate hardwood flooring).

Last Saturday, I needed to find a place that sells corn flakes. I go through phases and I'm in a…read morecorn flakes one when it comes to cereal. I was in the Finch-Highway 27 area. I did a quick search and found this Shoppers Drug Mart (SDM) at The Albion Centre. I have bought corn flakes from a SDM locally and thought I'd try this one. I drove over here. I like when a drugstore is connected to a mall and has a separate entrance. I like not having to enter the mall and buy more stuff than I need. There was plenty of parking at around 3:30 pm. I parked and walked in. This SDM is on the older side. It was fine. It wasn't falling apart. It just looked older than most. What was sad was that this SDM does not have a cereal section. The tragedy! I was sad. I did manage to get some vitamins. All was not lost. There was a lineup to get checked out by a human. I decided to try the self-checkout. It was smooth and felt anti-social! I'd come back here for vitamins. For my cereal fix, I have learned that I won't get it here and will end up feeling disappointed. (371)

i went here today. Subrina was there to serve us. i need to send parcel to sk. she said to wrap…read morewith tape and i asked why because i never did before. she said you nee to pay for it and shopper does give you it for free. i said i didn't say to give us free . i asked you the reason for it. moreover, on the same time , somebody else came to send the parcel and they ask how much it is and she said you need to pay three dollar extra if you want to dra the parcel. Customer Unable to listen properly and then she said I didn't wear the mask and I'm speaking proper English I don't know why you didn't understand. I found it so miss behaved. Even customer smiled and ready to pay extra. I don't know why she's so pissed off at it for the day she's not supposed to be rude to the customer.