Emilie Negahban’s son Nathaniel was alive for only eight hours before he died in his mother’s arms this past February.
But the first-time mother and her husband have been re-traumatized after learning their son’s body has been ready to be brought back home for eight weeks — and no one told them.
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A North Vancouver couple is demanding answers about the death of their newborn after a traumatic delivery at Lions Gate Hospital last month.
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The Union of BC Municipalities has passed a motion to recommend to the province that our wrongful death laws be modernized so as to provide a foundation of “worth” under the law for everyone in the province of BC.
A foundation of “worth” or “value” of human life would allow for access to justice, accountability to wrongdoers, and for us to prevent future wrongful deaths in the first place through financial deterrence.
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The Lower Mainland Local Government Association had their Annual General Meeting on May 12, 2021 and we are pleased to announce that motion R4 Updating BC’s Wrongful Death Laws was passed!
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The Lower Mainland Local Government Association is having their Annual General Meeting on May 12, 2021. Motion R4, Updating BC’s Wrongful Death Laws (page 34), which was initiated by the Vancouver City Council, is up for endorsement to move onward to the UBCM Annual Conference.
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