BACK in December 2020, the Hamilton Spectator ran a front-page story on how a simple smart watch helped save the life of former local, Lexie Northcott who, as a 15-year-old was gifted the smartwatch by her parents for her birthday.

Unbeknownst to Lexie and her parents, Keith, and Karla Northcott, she was suffering from a blocked heart that meant her heart rate was dangerously low.