Another devil of a year.

C JHP – Vol. 63, No. 1 – January–February 2010 JCPH – Vol. 63, n 1 – janvier–février 2010 Statement (the last 2 documents in collaboration with the Pharmacist Prescribing Task Force). A most prolific year! After several years of hard work, the Association des pharmaciens des établissements de santé du Québec and CSHP were glowing with excitement when they launched the fourth edition of Care Beyond Cure, in both French and English versions (http:// www.cshp.ca/productsServices/otherPublications/careBeyondCure_ e.asp). This valued guide and its companion pocket book provide up-to-date information about the management of pain and other symptoms for the benefit of patients receiving palliative care. In 2008 the CSHP Board of Fellows lit candles to celebrate its 40th anniversary and drafted a historical memento to recognize this significant milestone. CSHP initiated the Fellows program in 1968 to recognize CSHP members who had demonstrated outstanding leadership, dedication, and commitment to practice excellence and growth. This designation rewards the long-term, sustained effort of members in the areas of service to the Society, to patient care, to education or research, and to the practice of hospital pharmacy. The memento was initially circulated to those Fellows present at the 2008 Professional Practice Conference and was subsequently sent by e-mail to all Fellows. It was later translated into French, and in 2009, professionally designed versions were shared electronically with the entire membership (http://www.cshp.ca/programs/ fellows/anniversary_e.asp). The Ontario Medical Association (OMA) sparked controversy within the health care community last fall with its national media campaign against pharmacists’ expanding scope of practice. CSHP and its Ontario Branch responded to the inflammatory messages in a letter to the OMA, with copies to the Ontario Pharmacists’ Association and the Ontario Hospital Association, urging the OMA to live up to the statement it made to the Ontario Legislative Standing Committee on Social Policy on September 29, 2009, that “collaboration between EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S REPORT