That's a mountain to climb

From the Vancouver Province:
History is full of leaders and thinkers who have experienced world-changing visions at the summit of peaks from the Alps to the Himalayas.

Pharmasave Drugs boss Sue Paish may be the world's first CEO to seek visions half-way up a notoriously awful mountain trail, hundreds of lung-busting metres shy of the top.

Paish, 50, puts in long hours at the office, in the boardroom and on the road meeting her Langley-based company's owner-members.

She does some of her best thinking, however, scrambling up the Grouse Grind -- the steep, 853-metre path up Grouse Mountain in North Vancouver.

Schedule permitting, Paish climbs the Grind five times a week. Don't press her to reveal how many minutes she takes to do the climb. ...more

Drug store buries plastic

From the Barrie (Ont.) Examiner:
Sandy Frape's pharmacy is going green on Monday, but her customers might not notice the change. That is, until they ask for a bag to carry home their purchases.

"Starting on Monday, we're turfing all our plastic bags for new biodegradable ones," said Frape, store manager of Pharmasave on Blake Street. "It's a going green thing and it's really big in the United States right now. In Canada, it hasn't quite caught on yet."

Frape's store is one of three in Barrie switching to the more environmentally- friendly bags and all 400 Pharmasave locations across the country are making the change.

"We're the first Canadian-owned pharmacy to be doing this," Frape said. "These bags look just like the plastic ones, but they will break down in landfill much faster." ...more