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The Province livers from Nov. 25 to Nov. 30, when he received a transplant of a human liver, Duke University doctors said. livers kept a 22- The patient, whose liver had failed liver had failed because of infection with the hepatitis find a suitable virus, was doing well after the procedure his doctors and the subsequent transplant, said Dr. William Meyers.

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in May still unidentified By Keith Fraser Staff Reporter Gibsons RCMP are appealing for help in identifying a body found last spring on Keats Island. Const. Mike Giles said cottagers spotted the body on the south shore of the small island in Howe Sound, just across from Gibsons. "Some people from Plumpers Cove were out in their Zodiac exploring the shore with their children and they saw the body on the rocks." The body, a BODY FOUND male's, was fully clothed in a nylon jacket, red rugby shirt, blue sweat pants and white Reebok running shoes. He's described as Caucasian, about 40 years old, five feet 10 inches tall and 168 pounds.

He had black hair with marked frontal balding. Giles said the likely cause of death is drowning. The body was in the water for about a week before being found May 2. Traces of alcohol were found but foul play has been ruled out. Anyone with information is asked to call Giles at 886-2245.

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