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

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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 […]

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Longtime Indigenous broadcaster Dan Smoke mourned: ‘Transformative’

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Longtime Indigenous broadcaster and educator Dan Smoke, who hosted Smoke Signals with his wife for decades, has died.   Smoke’s wife, Mary Lou Smoke, announced the death of “the love of her life,” due to complications of pneumonia and Type 2 diabetes, in a Facebook post Monday.   “Dan committed his life to helping all people,” […]

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City budget: Don’t expect fights for more cash from London Transit, library

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The 2025 city budget update process is now underway. After the tense four-year (2024-27) budget discussions last winter where only London police walked away with everything they wanted – how are London’s other biggest agencies faring with what they got? Reporter Jack Moulton takes a look. LONDON PUBLIC LIBRARY During last winter’s multi-year budget talks, […]

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St. Joe’s hospital readies for mammogram demand after Queen’s Park change

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St. Joseph’s Health Care London’s renowned breast care program is ramping up operations, planning renovations, hiring more staff and extending hours since the province’s move to expand mammogram eligibility.   The Ontario government last month dropped the mammogram self-referral age to 40 from 50, a move St. Joseph’s estimates will increase the number of screening […]