Media stories for September 13, 2012

New seismic technology pitched for St. Paul’s Hospital
CBC
St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver could be one of the first buildings in Canada to be seismically upgraded using a new technology called base-isolation, to protect it from earthquakes.

Supportive housing facility opens in Dunbar
AM 640 – Talk Radio
The first-ever facility of its type opens of Vancouver’s West Side. VCH’s Director of Housing, Lorna Howes, is quoted.

Alleged data breach a blow to expansion of health research
Vancouver Sun
Details about the alleged data breach and subsequent firings have been scant so far. All we have been told by the government is that information was wrongly shared with researchers. The only fired employees who have spoken so far have denied all allegations.