B.C. man again among the living after mix-up

A British Columbia man is back among the living after twice being declared dead by the federal government in a bureaucratic mix-up that began when his social insurance number was incorrectly placed on his mother’s death certificate. Kamloops resident Bryan Kupiak learned of the confusion in October, a month after the death of his mother, when he received an oldage security statement addressed to his estate. The switch in social insurance numbers temporarily cut him off from all his benefits, including his pension.