Where Are Metro Vancouver’s Most Dangerous Pedestrian Intersections?

Each month, Spraggs Law publishes Vancouver Legal News, a curated selection of articles about personal injury and other topics. This month, we start with an article about Vancouver’s most dangerous pedestrian intersections and how a BC man’s cancer was missed by two doctors.

A new map identifies the worst places to be a pedestrian and cross on foot across the Lower Mainland. Produced by the CBC, the map includes intersections where 10 or more pedestrians were hurt in motor vehicle collisions between 2013 and 2017 in the Lower Mainland, based on ICBC data. Vancouver’s most dangerous pedestrian intersection? Where Lougheed Highway meets North Road on the border between Burnaby and Coquitlam.

Nearly 100,000 Collisions Occur in B.C. Parking Lots Each Year

There were 96,000 crashes in B.C. parking lots last year, according to provincial insurer ICBC. About 4,300 of those ended in injuries, including 480 pedestrians. Black Press has provided some tips for keeping safe in parking lots.

Atheist Wins Fight to End Employer’s 12-step Addiction Treatment for Staff

Employees of Vancouver-area hospitals and medical clinics will no longer be required to attend 12-step programs if they want to keep their jobs after being diagnosed with addiction. A former nurse had filed a human rights complaint alleging he was discriminated against as an atheist when he was fired for quitting Alcoholics Anonymous.

How Was One BC Man’s Cancer Missed by Doctors?

A BC family says a Vancouver man went without a prescription for pain medication and was misdiagnosed even after being seen by doctors at two hospitals.

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