Shoppers Drug Mart

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, a regular asked the pharmacist, ‘Why does that delivery driver always wave at me?’ The pharmacist smiled and replied, ‘He’s not waving at you—he’s just trying to signal his love for Shoppers Drug Mart’s coffee!’ The regular laughed and shook his head, realizing he’d been waved at thousands of times but never noticed the daily ritual.

2. At night, an anonymous note appeared on the Shoppers Drug Mart door: ‘Last one out, please turn off the neon sign of eternal youth.’ The next day, the sign blinked erratically—like it had finally aged. A delivery driver noticed the flickering sign and asked the pharmacist if it needed fixing. ‘No,’ she replied with a smile, ‘it’s just trying to tell us its birthday.’ From then on, every year around midnight, the neon sign would dimly celebrate, and everyone in the neighborhood knew it was time for a quick visit to Shoppers before bed.

3. At dawn, when most pharmacies are quiet, a lone customer entered Shoppers Drug Mart and asked the cashier, 'Do you sell glow-in-the-dark band-aids?' The cashier smiled and replied, ‘We don’t carry those here.’ The customer nodded knowingly and said, ‘Good, I was just checking. My kid loves playing in the dark.’ A few minutes later, an embarrassed voice called from behind: ‘Actually, I could use some real band-aids for my finger!’

4. In the early hours of the morning, a little girl walked into Shoppers Drug Mart, wide-eyed and clutching her teddy bear. The pharmacist looked up from counting pills and smiled warmly. But what he saw next made him freeze—on the shelf, a box of Band-Aids glowed softly in the dim light. The pharmacist blinked twice, rubbed his eyes, but the glowing band-aids remained. He picked one up—it felt warm to the touch—and suddenly realized it was just an old package with a faint phosphorescent coating. With a laugh, he put it back on the shelf, and the girl giggled too. ‘Guess those band-aids are magic,’ she said, as they both watched them softly illuminate once more. 'Not quite,' replied the pharmacist, ‘but they sure make for a great story.’