St. Thomas has landed a $2 billion manufacturing investment that will create 300 jobs and supply the region’s growing electric vehicle supply base.

St. Thomas has landed a $2 billion manufacturing investment that will create 300 jobs and supply the region’s growing electric vehicle supply base.
The London Free Press
St. Thomas has landed a $2-billion manufacturing investment that will create 300 jobs and supply the region’s growing electric vehicle supply base. Vianode, a Norwegian industry that makes artificial graphite, critical in the production of electric vehicles (EV) and batteries, has already begun work on a plant slated to open
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Great Lakes Commission passes resolutions on AI/computing infrastructure and water use; elects new leadership at meeting in Duluth

Great Lakes Commission passes resolutions on AI/computing infrastructure and water use; elects new leadership at meeting in Duluth
Great Lakes Commission
Duluth, Minnesota – At its Annual Meeting, held this week on the shores of Lake Superior in Duluth, Minnesota, the Great Lakes Commission (GLC) passed
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PowerCo, Volkswagen’s electric battery division, is adding workers and is now creating a training program for area schools to prepare an EV manufacturing workforce, it stated.

The London Free Press
Volkswagen’s electric battery division is adding workers and creating a training program for area schools to prepare an EV workforce
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McDonald: No place like home for Canadian tourists as U.S. suffers

The London Free Press
Moira A. McDonald, Ann-Kathrin McLean Global attitudes towards the United States as a tourism destination are plunging. Travel pressures, exchange rate shifts and increasing economic uncertainty have all damaged the reputation of the American travel sector. Canadian travellers are increasingly turning to domestic destinations instead of heading south. In July
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Pilot program to send Huron paramedics, mental health workers to homeless encampments

Pilot program to send Huron paramedics, mental health workers to homeless encampments
The Lucknow Sentinel
HURON – A new pilot program launching in Huron County is aiming to confront the growing rates of homelessness in the county head on. The Community Paramedic Homelessness Outreach program is set to launch Wednesday, Sept. 10, and will see Huron County paramedics and Huron housing and homelessness services staff
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