Shoppers Drug Mart and Purdy Crawford

Purdy Crawford: The Nova Scotia-born philanthropist was 82. , according to Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC. From 1987 to 1995, he was chief executive of Montreal-based Imasco Ltd. a holding company that, at the time, held Imperial Tobacco, Canada Trust and Shoppers Drug Mart. Prominent Canadian businessman and lawyer Purdy Crawford has died, according to the Toronto-based law firm where he worked until his recent retirement. Crawford association with Osler, Hoskin Harcourt stretched back to the late 1950s, but he left for a time to pursue a business career. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.