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In the news today: Israeli academics on protests, weight-loss drug coming to Canada

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Israeli academics respond to campus protests One of the demands of pro-Palestin...

May 02, 2024

Campus protests: Israeli academics say their universities are 'best chance' for peace

MONTREAL - One of the demands of pro-Palestinian activists who have set up protest encampments on university campuses in Canada and the United States is a severing of ties with Israeli universities. T...

May 02, 2024

Weight-loss drug Wegovy available in Canada starting May 6

The makers of Ozempic say their weight-loss drug Wegovy will be available to patients in Canada starting Monday. Novo Nordisk's weekly injection is approved for weight loss among patients diagnosed wi...

May 02, 2024

'Thunderhead' LGBTQ national monument breaks ground in Ottawa

OTTAWA - After a rainy night in Ottawa, the sun broke through Wednesday afternoon ahead of a ceremony to break ground for a national LGBTQ+ monument. That was no coincidence, Albert McLeod told a crow...

May 01, 2024

London Drugs phone lines working, stores still closed after cybersecurity incident

VANCOUVER - London Drugs says its phone lines are working again after being taken offline in response to a cybersecurity incident. A statement from the Richmond, B.C.-based pharmacy and retail chain s...

May 01, 2024

Public servants to be in-office 3 days a week as of Sept. 9

OTTAWA - Federal public servants will have to work from their offices at least three days a week as of Sept. 9. The new rules also stipulate that executives will have to be in the office at least four...

May 01, 2024

Macklem says he doesn't think federal budget will have much of an impact on inflation

OTTAWA - Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem says he doesn't think the federal budget tabled last month with have much of an effect on inflation. Macklem was testifying at a Senate committee alongsid...

May 01, 2024

B.C's auditor general to review government's response to 2021 Lytton wildfire

LYTTON, B.C. - British Columbia's auditor general says his office is doing a review of the province's response to the 2021 wildfire that devastated the community of Lytton, B.C. Michael Pickup says in...

May 01, 2024

CP NewsAlert: B.C. woman arrested over speech that praised Hamas attack

VANCOUVER - Police say a 44-year-old woman has been arrested in a hate-crime investigation over a speech in Vancouver that praised the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas on Israel. A statement from the Vancouver ...

May 01, 2024

Human-rights advocates pan budget plan to detain immigrants in federal prisons

OTTAWA - Human-rights groups are urging Ottawa to reverse course on plans to allow immigrant detention in federal prisons, saying vulnerable people could be exposed to unreasonably harsh conditions. O...

May 01, 2024