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Vancouver rundown for Thursday, February 19,

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2026. Close to three dozen B .C. health care

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workers snooped into the medical records of the

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victims being treated following the Lapu -Lapu

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festival attack. A report from the Office of

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the Information and Privacy Commissioner for

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B .C. finds close to half of those injured had

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their privacy breached while being treated at

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various hospitals and health care facilities.

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The commissioner is recommending Vancouver Coastal

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Health and Fraser Health institute stronger measures

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to prevent future breaches. On April 26 last

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year, the driver of an SUV hit a crowd of people

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leaving the festival. 11 people died. 30 others

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were hurt. Other news, B .C.'s ambulance paramedics

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are a step closer to strike action. Members of

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the Ambulance Paramedics of B .C., QP733, have

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voted 97 % in favor of job action to push their

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demands for a new contract. The union plans to

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outline its next steps during the noon hour on

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Thursday. Langley Abbotsford MLA Harmon Bangu

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will be adding his name to the list of those

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seeking the leadership of the B .C. Conservatives.

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Bangu says he'll support B .C.'s working people.

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who needs someone to stand up for them. He is

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now the 11th conservative to enter the leadership

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race to replace John Rustad, who stepped down

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following an internal coup. The B .C. government

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has rejected a desperate plea from Surrey's police

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chief to delay the transition away from the RCMP

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in the Cloverdale neighborhood. Chief Norm Lipinski

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had blamed his department's inability to hire

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enough officers. on the city's escalating extortion

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crimes. However, BC's Director of Policing says

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the transition in Cloverdale is expected to be

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complete by April 1st. The Surrey Police Service

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has been struggling to transition to complete

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coverage ever since being approved as the force

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of jurisdiction by the provincial government.

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A mix of sun and cloud in the forecast for Thursday,

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cloudy on Friday, showers for Saturday. For all

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the details on these local Vancouver area stories

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along with those links