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CALGARY, Alberta, Jan. 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — First Helium Inc. (“First Helium” or the “Company”) (TSXV: HELI) (OTCQB: FHELF) (FRA: 2MC) today announced receipt of regulatory licensing approval to proceed with the drilling of its 7-15 high impact exploration location, along with its previously licensed proven undeveloped (“PUD”) 7-30 location, which has been assigned proved plus probable undeveloped reserves of 196,700 barrels² by Sproule Associates Limited (“Sproule”)¹, its independent evaluator. The Company is working to secure drilling and ancillary services to drill both wells in a sequential, cost-effective manner. In preparation, the Company has commenced construction of the 7-30 drilling…

Dublin, Jan. 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The “Modular Data Center Market Report by Component, Data Center Size, Application, Industry Vertical, and Region 2024-2032” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering.The global modular data center market size reached US$ 28.7 Billion in 2023. Looking forward, the publisher expects the market to reach US$ 93.3 Billion by 2032, exhibiting a growth rate (CAGR) of 14% during 2023-2032.Significant growth in the information technology (IT) industry across the globe is one of the key factors creating a positive outlook for the market. Moreover, the widespread adoption of cloud computing solutions across medium- and…

xAI has released an iOS app in the US for its Grok chatbot, as spotted earlier by TechCrunch. The standalone app version of the chatbot, which xAI calls a beta, can perform the same functions as the one built into X, as it can field real-time information, answer questions, and generate images.xAI started testing Grok’s standalone iOS app in December in a handful of countries. There’s no word on when it may come to Android. Though Grok was initially only available to X Premium subscribers, the platform started letting all users access the chatbot last month, bringing it in line…

A series of wildfires are tearing through densely populated parts of the Los Angeles, Calif. area. Five people have been reported dead. About 130,000 have been asked to evacuate. Nearly 2,000 homes and other buildings have been destroyed after the fires charred about 108 square kilometres. There are five fires in progress: The Lidia fire, the Hurst fire, the Eaton fire, the Sunset fire and the Palisades fire. Follow along for the latest updates 4:30 p.m. EST: The Eaton fire is approaching Mount Wilson “There are firefighters on the grounds but the power is out at the Observatory so communication is…

Most Canadians are planning to book vacations over the next year but a new survey shows that they are adopting a risky plan to save money — skipping travel insurance. A new survey from TD Insurance, conducted by Maru Public Opinion, reveals that despite rising costs and economic pressures, most Canadians surveyed (68 per cent) are still planning to travel for pleasure in the next 12 months.But a third of them will not be purchasing travel insurance for their trip.According to the survey, 78 per cent said they are planning to cut back on non-essential spending on trips. Of the…

Milledgeville, Georgia, Jan. 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — One of the great American writers, Flannery O’Connor is a world-renowned icon of southern gothic fiction — but she was also a visual artist, and a newly discovered collection of her work will soon be unveiled to the world. Totaling 39 pieces — from oil paintings and a self-portrait, to wood-burned illustrations and linoleum-block prints — the collection will be revealed this March at O’Connor’s alma mater of Georgia College & State University (GCSU), in Milledgeville, Georgia, where she lived most of her life and completed her greatest works. “Scholars continue to…

Last weekend, an Alberta man was arrested and released for intimate partner violence at a northern Ontario hotel just hours after being charged and released for assaulting a teen with a weapon at the same location. Officers responded to the first call around 9 p.m. Jan. 4. The 49-year-old suspect from Chestermere, Alta., was charged with assaulting and forcibly confining a 14-year-old — who they didn’t know — at a hotel on Railway Street in Cochrane, Ont. Escalated violence The accused was released with conditions and hours later, around 3 a.m. Jan. 5, police…

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he thinks U.S. president-elect Donald Trump is drumming up drama on Canadian statehood to detract from tariff talks. “What I think is happening in this is President Trump, who’s a very skillful negotiator, is getting people to be somewhat distracted by that conversation,” Trudeau said in an interview on CNN with Jake Tapper. Trudeau said he thinks Trump is doing this to take focus off the reality that “25 per cent tariffs on oil and gas, and electricity, and steel and aluminum and lumber and concrete and everything the American consumers buy…

Clearwater, Florida, Jan. 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Robert Nikic, CEO of Why Unified®, is transforming the franchising with a technology-driven platform that makes franchise ownership more accessible and scalable. Why Unified(R) has grown to become one of the most recognized franchise networks in the United States, securing a spot on the Inc. 5000 list with a remarkable 7,191% three-year growth rate, ranking #35 nationally. A New Vision for Franchising Robert Nikic’s leadership stems from his recognition of the barriers that traditional franchise models pose. High costs, operational challenges, and limited scalability often deter aspiring business owners. Why Unified(R) addresses these…

Tarrytown, New York, Jan. 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — ENT and Allergy Associates, LLP (ENTA) is proud to announce the addition of Carolyn M. Kwiat, M.D., to its Bay Ridge West office, located at 9020 Fifth Avenue, Third Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11209. Dr. Kwiat is a highly respected allergist and immunologist with a wealth of experience in the field and will begin seeing both Adult and Pediatric patients in Bay Ridge West, effective May 1, 2025. The Bay Ridge West office of ENTA is equipped with the latest technology and staffed by a team of talented and experienced physicians, nurses,…