Global National: April 29

Both Israel and Hamas are being urged to agree on a new ceasefire proposal which would pause the fighting for 40 days in exchange for the return of up to 33 hostages. The growing pressure on all sides to bring an end to the suffering and hostility, and the mounting pro-Palestinian protests on Canadian campuses. Western Canadian retail and pharmacy chain London Drugs has temporarily closed all of its stores due to a “cybersecurity incident.” Heather Yourex-West reports on what the company is saying, and how the sudden shutdown is causing big headaches for people who rely on those pharmacies. The British Columbia government is banning all illicit drug use in public spaces, reversing course on its decriminalization policy that was intended to tackle the province’s overdose crisis. Why B.C. is backtracking, and why advocates are worried recriminalizing drugs won’t solve the worsening emergency. A Nova Scotia family is mourning the loss of 16-year-old Ahmad Maher Al Marrach, a Syrian refugee fatally stabbed at Halifax Shopping Centre on April 22. Three teenagers have been charged with second-degree murder. How Al Marrach’s grieving family says the boy’s murder has shaken their belief of a better life in Canada. And the bird’s the word in Souris. How tourists are flocking to the Manitoba town where dozens of peacocks roam free.