Tag: drugs
London drug maker shuts down before opening, must repay $4M federal loan
A drug maker that landed in London with fanfare and a federal government pledge of a $4-million loan has closed its doors. Work has ceased on the Anvo Pharma plant on Bonder Road before it even opened its doors. The building and lot are for sale. But Anvo Pharma has pledged to repay the federal […]
Trump reverses Biden-era drug pricing order. What it means for Michigan
A law driving down some Medicare drug prices remains on the books, but one expert says efforts toward a $2 drug list and coverage for obesity drugs are now uncertain….
Trio sought after gun flashed at workers outside London business
London police are asking the public for help identifying three suspects after an individual flashed a gun at a business employee in the city’s east end.
Accused denies she attacked her mother, ‘beat her to a pulp’
Barbara Cabala testified she still struggles to understand what triggered her mother to “attack” her in a violent struggle that left her mother dead. “I don’t know, that’s what I was trying to process, trying to figure out. Why? Forty years of arguing back and forth, all of a sudden decide to resort to physical […]
Increase In Carbon Dioxide Levels Reached A Record High In 2024
More carbon dioxide was added to the Earth’s atmosphere in 2024 than in any year since the Mauna Loa observatory started tracking it.
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New gun-offence database will make London safer: Police chief
London police soon will have a new tool to help combat gun violence and prevent crime, the city’s top cop says.
Local man first to get new publicly funded prostate cancer drug
A Dundalk-area man is the first person in Canada to receive a new, publicly funded treatment that better targets prostate cancer cells and is shown to prolong life. After discovering a growth which made it difficult using the toilet in November 2023, doctors sent Fred Harrison for conventional radiation in Kitchener, then eight months of […]
Study shows smart watch wristbands contain PFAS, meanwhile EPA tracks nine new versions of ‘forever chemicals’
Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS in the Great Lakes region. Check back for more PFAS news roundups every other week on our website.
A new study out of Notre Dame shows that some smart watch wristbands, often labeled as waterproof, contain unusually high levels of “forever chemicals.” In a university press release, it was noted that nine out of the 22 bands tested, showed elevated levels of a per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS).
Traffic stop in Hanover leads to drug and weapons charges
Two people face multiple drug trafficking and weapons charges following a traffic stop in Hanover early Tuesday morning. Just before 3:30 a.m., Hanover police stopped a Honda CRV that had initially refused to stop and attempted to flee before it abruptly pulled over at the intersection of 10th Street and 5th Avenue, it said in […]
Snowmobiler dies following crash on Huron County farm: OPP
A 58-year-old from Bluewater is dead after a snowmobile crashed in a farm field north of Exeter, Huron OPP said. The crash happened Wednesday before 4 p.m. near Mill Road west of Brucefield, police said. The snowmobile and its operator were found in a farm field south of Mill Road. Paramedics took the person to […]