British Columbia
VANCOUVER, CANADA - MAY 13: Speed-skater Gabrielle Waddell shares a laugh with photographer Jonathan Ferrey (R) as her portrait is taken during the Canadian Olympic Committee Portrait Shoot on May 13, 2013 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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Considering that in developed countries, hysterectomy is the second most frequently performed surgical intervention among women of reproductive age ... it is clear that a strong rationale exists to justify the British Columbia Ovarian Cancer Prevention Project. It encourages (preventive Fallopian tube removal) and estimates up to 50-per-cent reduction in ovarian cancer deaths after 20 years.
The Province had commenced programs and financing to attract major drug companies to British Columbia ... Also, the Liberal Party was receiving significant contributions from these drug companies, and the Province was eliminating drug safety programs that could cause restrictions on sales of the products of these drug companies ... including ending drug analysis programs such as that of Dr. Warburton and of the Therapeutics Initiative at the University of British Columbia.
It's been a long time and here I am working with Sarah again. We ended up doing lots of scenes together, but we were shooting in British Columbia not Bray where we did The TudorsMore quotes »
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Carrie Underwood Donates $1 Million To Red Cross To Aid Tornado Victims
sooner had Carrie Underwood played the final notes on her Blown Away Tour (which concluded last night in Abbottsford, British Columbia), then did she turn her attention to her home state of Oklahoma. And in a big way, too — by announcing that she would donate 12 m ago from KMVQ Moving San Francisco Read more »
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Like a squeeze of lemon
wine; use it like a squeeze of lemon. Anthony Gismondi Stagâs Hollow Sauvignon Blanc Renaissance 2011, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, $25 Fresh pear, lemon peel and a trace of minerality should blend right into the mussels. The Ned Sauvignon Blanc 2011, 21 m ago from Vancouver Sun Read more »
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B.C.’s tourism industry bloodied by recession, but unbowed
accounts for about 126,700 direct jobs in British Columbia, and in 2011, the industry generated $13.4 billion in revenue, an increase of 1.4 per cent from the previous year. Shawn Conner Special to The Sun B.C.’s tourism industry is still recovering from the 31 m ago from Vancouver Sun Read more »
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British Columbia teen rescues dog from cougar
British Columbia, May 24 (UPI) -- A Canadian teen and his dog are recovering from wounds after he rescued the dog from a cougar in what he called "the most terrifying thing I've ever endured." Levi Sadler, 16, said he was at home in Belcarra, near Vancouver, 34 m ago from United Press International Read more »
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Highway Bridge Collapses in US
road bridge on the main highway between the northwestern United States and Canada's British Columbia province collapsed and sent several cars tumbling into a river, injuring some motorists but causing no fatalities. Authorities said a tall truck hit an overhead 11:11 AM from Voice of America Read more »