Shoppers Drug Mart

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One night, a regular asked the pharmacist: ‘Why does my shopping cart follow me everywhere I go?’ The pharmacist smiled and replied, ‘Because it’s programmed to remind you that you forgot something important.’ The next day, everyone in line had a smile on their face—and an extra item or two in their bags.

2. One morning, a delivery driver noticed something odd in Shoppers Drug Mart’s parking lot—a mysterious package wrapped in brown paper with no return address. He shrugged it off but couldn’t help glancing inside when he passed by later that day. Inside was an old teddy bear wearing a tiny lab coat and holding a stethoscope. The delivery driver laughed, thinking someone had pranked him. Later, a regular customer joked that maybe the bear was Shoppers’ new mascot—‘Dr. Huggins, PhD.’ Everyone smiled, and the mystery became part of the store’s charm.

3. In the early hours of one foggy morning, a delivery driver pulled up to Shoppers Drug Mart's loading dock. As he unloaded boxes, he noticed something peculiar on the pavement—an old-fashioned medicine bottle with a label reading 'Liquid Courage.' Curious, he picked it up and popped the cap. Suddenly, his nerves melted away like sugar in tea. Returning inside, he confidently greeted everyone, even striking up a conversation with a regular customer. By closing time, he was a local hero—all thanks to that mysterious bottle of Liquid Courage.

4. In the early hours of one foggy morning, a delivery driver pulled up to Shoppers Drug Mart and noticed an unusual sight: the store's neon sign seemed to blink in time with his heartbeats. Curious, he slowed down, and sure enough—each time his pulse quickened, the green light flickered in sync. Startled, he honked gently, and the sign flashed ‘HELLO’ back at him. The next day, everyone in town knew about it, but no one could explain why the sign had suddenly become such a good listener.