Patient data lost with stolen laptop

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Thursday September 2, 2010

Fraser Health has informed 600 patients their personal information was compromised when an unencrypted laptop computer was stolen from Burnaby Hospital Aug. 21.

The computer contained names, birth dates and personal health care numbers of patients who had their breathing rates tested in the hospital's respiratory department.

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Police quickly nab would-be thieves at Bridal Falls

Thursday September 2, 2010

Police knew they had a problem with thieves at the Bridal Falls parking lot. So when they set up

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B.C. loathes HST, new poll finds

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Thursday September 2, 2010

Residents report higher costs, reduced spending

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Minister briefed on HST before election

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Wednesday September 1, 2010

VICTORIA – A briefing document was written for Finance Minister Colin Hansen exactly two months before the 2009 B.C. election to prepare him for questions on Ontario's decision to sign on to the harmonized sales tax.

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Family events build community

Wednesday September 1, 2010

The last few days of summer are quickly slipping away, and in just a couple of sleeps businesses will be changing their hours, with some even packing up until sometime next year.

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The times, they are a-changing

Wednesday September 1, 2010

Ruth Altendorf

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Land-farmed salmon making a splash

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Wednesday September 1, 2010

Aquaculture in the Valley grows coho and more

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Brother was on first adventure with canoe

Wednesday September 1, 2010

Dear Editor,

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The King of candy counters crowned

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Wednesday September 1, 2010

Agassiz Library had its Summer Reading Club Wind Up Party last Friday, and one of the things that goes on all summer with SRC, is the Candy Count Contest.

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Here fishy, fishy

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Wednesday September 1, 2010

Kilby Historic Site, in Harrison Mills, held its annual Kids' Festival on Sunday, with activities, music and goodies. Children even had a chance to break a fish-shaped pinata.

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Sockeye run leaps again to 34 million

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Tuesday August 31, 2010

Count upped by another four million as salmon continue to surprise

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ICBC trims basic auto rates

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Tuesday August 31, 2010

2.4 per cent cut first in a decade

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Opponents line up for pipeline hearings

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Tuesday August 31, 2010

Environmental hearings for a proposed oil sands pipeline across northern B.C. are underway, with opponents lining up against it.

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MS 'difficult to define'

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Tuesday August 31, 2010

Multiple sclerosis is one of the most difficult diseases to define, says the Fraser Valley Chapter Chairman, Dr. Marty Darrow.

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B.C. VIEWS: Mine tax deals a breakthrough

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Tuesday August 31, 2010

VICTORIA – Chief Derek Orr spoke with a new confidence when he visited the B.C. legislature last week to sign a ground-breaking deal to share provincial taxes from a mine development.

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Walking on air

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Tuesday August 31, 2010

Paraglider Alex Wedensky of Burnaby walks toward Norm Lawlor, from Hope, after landing in a field near Agassiz on Sunday afternoon.

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Sockeye: a new kind of gold rush

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Tuesday August 31, 2010

The gold is mostly gone but the Fraser River still has many treasures to share... including the bountiful run of sockeye that is currently teeming past Hope on their way to their spawning grounds in the Interior.

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Motocross racer far from running out of gas

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Tuesday August 31, 2010

Paul Budai’s introduction to motocross was innocent enough.

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'Weird' is in eye of beholder

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Monday August 30, 2010

Author Mark Thorburn is looking for B.C.'s quirkiest laws and bylaws. He's searching history books, archives, newspapers, and has even appealed to municipal law makers themselves.

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Residents block alleged metal thief with backhoe

Monday August 30, 2010

Don't mess with the people who live on Morris Valley Road.

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