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Northern Health has 58.8 per cent more hospital deaths after major surgery than the rest of B.C.

Northern Health has 58.8 per cent more hospital deaths after major surgery than the rest of B.C.

Dawson Creek & District Hospital has the highest rate of hospital deaths after major surgery in Northern Health at 5.3 per cent, while the University Hospital of Northern BC located in Prince George has a rate of 3.6 per cent.
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B.C. court dismisses appeal in online exam supervision case

B.C. court dismisses appeal in online exam supervision case

A UBC employee shared a company's exam software tutorials online and was sued for breach of confidence and copyright infringement.
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Staged Surrey collisions, ICBC fraud leads to $155,000 in fines

Staged Surrey collisions, ICBC fraud leads to $155,000 in fines

The people involved used the staged crashes to file personal injury lawsuits.
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B.C. toddler facing kidney failure as family searches for living donor

B.C. toddler facing kidney failure as family searches for living donor

Dylan, 18-month-old boy, was born with only one kidney and is now in kidney failure.
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Outdoor recreation advocates want BC Parks passes to take a hike

Outdoor recreation advocates want BC Parks passes to take a hike

More than 203,000 passes were booked last year.
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Special advisor to review 'potential sustainable opportunities' for SFU football

Special advisor to review 'potential sustainable opportunities' for SFU football

The Burnaby post-secondary institution scrapped the program on April 4.
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Liquor store busted in sting by teen working as undercover government agent

Liquor store busted in sting by teen working as undercover government agent

The store’s manager told investigators the clerk who sold the liquor to the teen was new, having been hired about a week before the sting.
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Couple cleared of B.C. bomb plot denied access to police information

Couple cleared of B.C. bomb plot denied access to police information

Crown says giving couple entrapped by police three officers' addresses for lawsuit would violate publication bans.
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Burnaby trans activist makes plea for return of historic transgender pride flag

Burnaby trans activist makes plea for return of historic transgender pride flag

'It’s waved above the heads of queer freedom fighters for the last 20 years,' says Leada Stray of the transgender pride flag that went missing from the window of their Capitol Hill home Wednesday.
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Video: One-armed Port Coquitlam musician wows Canada's Got Talent judges

Video: One-armed Port Coquitlam musician wows Canada's Got Talent judges

Jack Thomas lost his right arm in a work accident in 2015, but that didn't stop the Terry Fox Secondary grad from rocking his heart out.
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