• Yahoo Canada Style

    Wegovy, an injectable medication used to treat obesity will now be available in Canada. Here's what to know about the drug

    The weekly injectable drug was approved by Health Canada in 2021 — but due to shortages it's just hitting the Canadian market now.

  • Associated Press

    Transgender Tennesseans want state's refusal to amend birth certificates declared unconstitutional

    A federal appeals court heard arguments on Thursday over a decades-old Tennessee policy that does not allow transgender people to change the sex designation on their birth certificates. The lawsuit was first filed in federal court in Nashville in 2019 by transgender Tennesseans who say Tennessee’s prohibition serves no legitimate government interest while it subjects transgender people to discrimination, harassment and even violence when they have to produce a birth certificate for identification that clashes with their gender identity. Last year, a federal judge dismissed the case, ruling that while there are varying definitions of “sex,” the term has a very narrow and specific meaning for the purpose of birth certificates in Tennessee: “external genitalia at the time of birth.”

  • The Canadian Press

    Galen Weston pushes back on 'misguided criticism' of Loblaw as boycott begins

    Loblaw chairman Galen Weston, as well as the company's new chief executive, pushed back on what they called “misguided criticism” of the grocer as a boycott againstthe company gains steam online. “As a well-known company and Canada's largest grocer, it is natural that Loblaw would be singled out as a focal point for media and government and of course consumer frustrations,” said Weston at the grocer's annual meeting on Thursday. He said though shareholders “may be troubled by these often-repeate