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Pharmacy Assistant: Clayton Park and Halifax

pharmacy assistant: As the owner of one of the province's busiest Shoppers Drug Mart stores, her store in Clayton Park not only employs 70 full- and part-time employees, but serves 30,000 people, including several Syrian refugee families, according to The Chronicle Herald. I have one of the most diverse stores in Halifax, said Gabr in a recent interview. Since arriving in Halifax from Egypt in 2000, Gabr has been building a successful career and giving back to her new community whenever she can. I represent Halifax in my store. Her pharmacy was the first, she said, to hire a refugee as an overnight pharmacy assistant. Some of her employees are from Russia, China, Pakistan, as well as Syria. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.