{
  "id": 19156364,
  "title": "B.C. lab ordered to pay $32K for misgendering transgender, non-binary patients",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/b-c-lab-ordered-to-pay-32k-for-misgendering-transgender-non-binary-19156364",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-11-09T13:20:30.000Z",
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    "name": "Global News",
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    "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/12142583/b-c-lab-ordered-to-pay-32k-for-misgendering-transgender-non-binary-patients/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "British Columbia's human rights tribunal found LifeLabs and its subsidiary Excelleris Technologies misgendered and outed three patients at clinics in Vancouver and Burnaby in 2019.",
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        "outlet": "CBC News",
        "title": "LifeLabs in B.C. ordered to pay $32K for misgendering transgender, non-binary patients: Human Rights Tribunal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/07/lifelabs-in-b-c-ordered-to-pay-32k-for-misgendering-transgender-non",
        "published": "2026-11-07T13:00:00.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "B.C. lab ordered to pay $32K for misgendering transgender, non-binary patients",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/b-c-lab-ordered-to-pay-32k-for-misgendering-transgender-non-binary",
        "published": "2026-11-09T06:37:18.000Z"
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        "outlet": "CityNews",
        "title": "B.C. lab ordered to pay $32K for misgendering transgender, non-binary patients",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/b-c-lab-ordered-to-pay-32k-for-misgendering-transgender-non-binary-19143848",
        "published": "2026-11-09T09:06:49.000Z"
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