• Vancouver lawyer Catherine Sas suspended for professional misconduct - CBC.ca

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    Vancouver lawyer Catherine Sas suspended for professional misconduct
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    A prominent Vancouver lawyer and QC has been suspended for four months and ordered to pay costs by the Law Society of British Columbia after being found guilty of professional misconduct. Catherine Sas will be suspended from practising law from March ...and more »
  • Education Ministry security failings blamed for massive student data breach - CBC.ca

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    Education Ministry security failings blamed for massive student data breach
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    B.C.'s Education Ministry failed to properly provide adequate security surrounding the personal information of 3.4 million students and teachers, an investigation by the province's privacy commissioner has found. "Organizations have to demonstrate ...
  • China charges Canadian with spying, stealing state secrets - CBC.ca

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    China charges Canadian with spying, stealing state secrets
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    China's official news agency says a Canadian who was detained more than a year ago has been charged with spying for Canada and stealing Chinese state secrets. Xinhua says Kevin Garratt was indicted by prosecutors in Dandong city, near China's border ...and more »
  • Take-home naloxone kits now available at Vancouver Island University - CBC.ca

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    Take-home naloxone kits now available at Vancouver Island University
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    Vancouver Island University in Nanaimo is now dispensing take-home naloxone kits through its campus medical clinic in an effort to help fight a recent spike in street-drug overdoses. Nanaimo, like many B.C. communities, is in the midst of an overdose ...and more »
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  • Former UBC president Arvind Gupta says he regrets resigning - CBC.ca

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    Former UBC president Arvind Gupta says he regrets resigning
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    Former University of British Columbia president Arvind Gupta said he regrets his sudden resignation last summer and wishes he had pushed back harder against complaints about his performance. ​"I now regret … resigning from the presidency and not ...
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  • Octopus fights caught on tape - CBC.ca

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    Octopus fights caught on tape
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    Octopuses, long considered solitary creatures, may have more complex social lives than previously thought — including signals to tell the competition whether they're picking a fight or backing down. Researchers watched more than 50 hours of video of ...and more »
  • 50 hours of octopus live-on-tape reveal signals that may help weaklings avoid a fight - CBC.ca

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    50 hours of octopus live-on-tape reveal signals that may help weaklings avoid a fight
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    Octopuses, long considered solitary creatures, may have more complex social lives than previously thought — including signals to tell the competition whether they're picking a fight or backing down. Researchers watched more than 50 hours of video of ...and more »
  • Driver rescued on Highway 99 after truck rolls into ditch - CBC.ca

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    Driver rescued on Highway 99 after truck rolls into ditch
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    One man is alive after being rescued by two other drivers and Richmond authorities, after his truck rolled into a ditch around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday. The man was driving northbound on Highway 99 when the accident occurred, not too far from the George ...and more »
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  • Fentanyl crisis: Easier access to Suboxone urgently needed, experts say - CBC.ca

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    Fentanyl crisis: Easier access to Suboxone urgently needed, experts say
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    Deb Bailey's daughter "Izzy" could order heroin like pizza but struggled to get Suboxone, an opiate-blocker often prescribed with restrictions — restrictions that may have played a key role in her fentanyl overdose this Christmas. "A drug dealer will ...
  • Former UBC president Arvind Gupta responds to accidentally released documents - CBC.ca

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    Former UBC president Arvind Gupta responds to accidentally released documents
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    Former University of British Columbia president Arvind Gupta is speaking out about the mistaken release of unredacted documents related to his leaving the university one year into a five-year term. "What was published is a one-sided representation of ...
    Documents Show U of British Columbia Board's Displeasure in Ex-PresidentInside Higher Edall 45 news articles »
  • Former UBC president Arvind Gupta responds to unredacted UBC documents - CBC.ca

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    Former UBC president Arvind Gupta responds to unredacted UBC documents
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    Former University of British Columbia president Arvind Gupta is speaking out about the mistaken release of unredacted documents related to his leaving the university one year into a five-year term. "What was published is a one-sided representation of ...
    Documents Show U of British Columbia Board's Displeasure in Ex-PresidentInside Higher Edall 43 news articles »
  • Can a politician ever turn a negative into a positive? - CBC.ca

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    Can a politician ever turn a negative into a positive?
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    It's already been painted as the 'Party of No,' so maybe the B.C. NDP felt it had nothing to lose by launching a negative ad this week against the B.C. Liberals. How else to explain the rather un-New Democratic move by a party whose leader campaigned ...
  • Seniors' violence in BC care facilities claims 16 lives - CBC.ca

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    Seniors' violence in BC care facilities claims 16 lives
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    British Columbia seniors' advocate says 16 people have died in the last three years in a disturbing trend of violence among the elderly in residential care facilities and hospitals. Of the 16 deaths, nine occurred in residential care facilities ...and more »
  • Earthquake detection: It's time to finish the network, researcher says - CBC.ca

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    Earthquake detection: It's time to finish the network, researcher says
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    An ocean researcher says many of the pieces are in place in B.C. for large-scale earthquake detection and alerts, so it's time to get it all up and running. Ocean Networks Canada executive director Kate Moran says earthquake detectors can give a ...
  • Enbridge to buy some Murphy Oil gas plants in British Columbia - Reuters Canada

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    Enbridge to buy some Murphy Oil gas plants in British Columbia
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    (Reuters) - Enbridge Inc, Canada's largest pipeline company, said it would buy Murphy Oil Corp's Tupper Main and Tupper West gas plants in northeastern British Columbia for C$538 million ($382 million). The deal includes the sale of plants capable of ...and more »
  • Rare identical triplets happy and healthy, mom says - CBC.ca

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    Rare identical triplets happy and healthy, mom says
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    A mother who gave birth to identical triplets a little less than three months ago says her three baby girls are healthy and happy — and she is keeping herself organized by keeping to a routine and having the community help out. "I have an online ...