London Free Press

London firm ‘over the moon’ as life-saving device wins global props

3 min read

A London-invented medical device that’s saving trauma patients from bleeding out on the battlefield in Ukraine has been saluted by Time magazine as one of 2024’s top inventions. Front Line Medical Technologies’ COBRA-OS device, which won key approval in the European market just months ago, is among 200 global innovations recognized. “We’re over the moon […]

Great Lakes Now Lake Superior Michigan Ontario

Public hearing draws on big questions about Upper Peninsula copper mining

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Public hearing draws on big questions about Upper Peninsula copper mining

By Izzy Ross, Interlochen Public Radio

This coverage is made possible through a partnership with IPR and Grist, a nonprofit independent media organization dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions and a just future.

In Gogebic County, on the western end of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, towering old-growth evergreens carpet the landscape as it rolls down toward the deep blue of Lake Superior.

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Great Lakes Now

The race for clean energy is local

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The race for clean energy is local

By Emily Jones and Gautama Mehta, Grist

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The U.S. power grid is at a critical crossroads. Electricity generation, like every other industry, needs to rid itself of fossil fuels if the country is to play its role in combating the climate crisis — a transition that will have to happen even as energy providers scramble to meet what they claim is an unprecedented spike in electricity demand, attributed to the rise of AI.

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London Free Press Sports

Parents fret as board eyes fix to high school swim team’s insurance impasse

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The lawyer representing the region’s largest school board says he’s confident one high school’s student swimmers who’ve been without a pool to train in will be back in the swim of things soon. Parents at Aylmer’s East Elgin secondary school have expressed concern that an insurance dispute between the province and the Thames Valley District […]