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Sarah Vardy has a voice that can cut deep and a passion for death and destruction. Page A15
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First responder protection law clashes with privacy rights Bill not useful, says privacy watchdog Kyle Slavin
GAMES KICKOFF
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Today marks the opening of the 2012 Olympic Games in London, England. More than a dozen homegrown athletes, and many who train here, are competing.
Parents of past and current Olympians talk about the emotional ups and downs of watching their children compete. Page A3
In our final preGames profile, Simon Whitfield considers what will be his last chance at an Olympic triathlon medal. Page A4
Triathlete Simon Whitfield looks down the road to another Olympic race, this time in London Aug. 7.
Unlike the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver, fans in Greater Victoria have many local athletes to watch in London. Page A19
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B.C.’s Information and Privacy Commissioner is slamming a law aimed at ensuring that provincial first responders have more peace of mind for their health and safety. Elizabeth Denham says the Emergency Intervention Disclosure Act has a “serious impact on the privacy rights of individuals.” Bill 39, which was passed in May, allows police officers, firefighters and paramedics to seek a court order to access someone else’s medical records if the first responder has come into contact with bodily fluids. “A lot of members in the course of their duty are bitten, stuck with a hypodermic needle, they get into an altercation and there’s an exchange of blood – you yourself may be cut or the suspect may be bleeding,” said Saanich police chief Mike Chadwick. “It’s going to be for those types of situations where … you don’t know whether they have a communicable disease like HIV, or Hep C or Hep B.” Chadwick acknowledged that in instances where a first responder contacts bodily fluid, the other individual typically co-operates and provides relevant medical information. Bill 39 is to access the medical records of those who don’t co-operate. PLEASE SEE: Oak Bay police, Page A14
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