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Canadian pharmacist and bodybuilding champ under investigation.
A Calgary pharmacist who dispensed drugs by day and was a champion bodybuilder by night has had his licence suspended.
A spokesman with the Alberta College of Pharmacists confirmed Thursday that Trent Walsh was ordered to surrender his practice permit late last month pending completion of an investigation into his conduct.
?It?s not a matter of public harm or safety,? said Mills, ?but to give the specific reason might jeopardize the investigation or one of the individuals involved.?
While officials are only midway through what they anticipate may be a three-month probe, Mills said there was no indication at this point that the alleged misconduct was related to Walsh?s involvement in bodybuilding.
A graduate of the University of Saskatchewan?s pharmacy program, Walsh had been licensed to practice in Alberta since September 2002.
Records kept by the college showed he had been working at a Shoppers Drug Mart at Sunridge Mall in northeast Calgary since last November.
David Leung, president of the Alberta Bodybuilding Association, said Walsh won the 2003 provincial championship in the light heavyweight class and finished second in the sport?s national championships in both 2006 and 2008.
?He?s in the top 10 per cent of all bodybuilders in Alberta,? Leung said.
?He?s definitely well-known.?
A Calgary pharmacist who dispensed drugs by day and was a champion bodybuilder by night has had his licence suspended.
A spokesman with the Alberta College of Pharmacists confirmed Thursday that Trent Walsh was ordered to surrender his practice permit late last month pending completion of an investigation into his conduct.
?It?s not a matter of public harm or safety,? said Mills, ?but to give the specific reason might jeopardize the investigation or one of the individuals involved.?
While officials are only midway through what they anticipate may be a three-month probe, Mills said there was no indication at this point that the alleged misconduct was related to Walsh?s involvement in bodybuilding.
A graduate of the University of Saskatchewan?s pharmacy program, Walsh had been licensed to practice in Alberta since September 2002.
Records kept by the college showed he had been working at a Shoppers Drug Mart at Sunridge Mall in northeast Calgary since last November.
David Leung, president of the Alberta Bodybuilding Association, said Walsh won the 2003 provincial championship in the light heavyweight class and finished second in the sport?s national championships in both 2006 and 2008.
?He?s in the top 10 per cent of all bodybuilders in Alberta,? Leung said.
?He?s definitely well-known.?
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