WEDNESDAY February 13, 2013 Vol. 28•No. 13 ••• $1.25 inc. H.S.T.
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versation about what the future holds for people in this age range, Darling said. The Comox Valley — known “There’s a lot of questioning as the baby boomer capital of going on out there right now. Canada, according to the latest What do they want their legacy Census — is highlighted in a new to be? What do they want to conCBC documentary dubbed The tribute for that final third of their Boomer Revolution. lives?” The film examines the largest The documentary includes demographic in Canadian history interviews with Crown Isle man— baby boomers aged 48 to 67 — agement and Comox architect that comprises 30 Tom Dishlevoy. Both per cent of Canshare ideas about ada’s population. There’s a lot of housing options and This age range questioning going on how to better accomhas more wealth modate boomers in than any previ- out there right now. terms of single-level, ous generation What do they want detached homes and and controls two- their legacy to be? condominiums. thirds of all conThe film includes What do they want sumer spending, stories of a diverse a news release to contribute for that range of boomers, states. such as Toronto actor final third of their “If you look at lives? Barry Flatman, the the census data, star of Freedom 55 Sara Darling commercials. Now in it puts the Comox Valley on top his early 60s, Flatin terms of boomers,” said The man continues to work and has Boomer Revolution co-producer no intention of retiring any time Sara Darling, a Victoria resident. soon. The film considers the postAt the other end of the specretirement ‘longevity bonus’ of trum is single grandmother Shirboomers, and explores how their ley Gust, who struggles to stay decisions over the next two or afloat by juggling several partthree decades will reshape the time jobs. world. “We talk a lot about retireIn the film’s trailer, one man ment,” Darling said, noting 88 per says: “We ended a war. We started cent of boomers will work past a sexual revolution.” their eligibility for retirement. A second man deadpans: “ImagWithin 10 years — according to ine what we could have done if we Statistics Canada — one in four weren’t so high.” workers will be 55 or older. A man in another clip states So much for Freedom 55. that “60 is the new 60” — an “It’s fading as an idea for many entirely new stage of life. people,” Darling said. “We have 30 years to go. What The film premieres Feb. 28 at are we going to be doing?” a 9 p.m. PT on CBC’s Doc Zone. woman asks. Watch the trailer at http://youtu. The filmmakers hope the proj- be/asqrZJ_ZQ-4. ect will be a “catalyst for a conreporter@comoxvalleyrecord.com Record Staff
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HERO DANIEL LIVINGSTON was honoured last week in Ottawa for rescuing a man from a burning SUV. At right is Gov.-Gen. David Johnston.
Man honoured for heroic rescue Scott Stanfield Record Staff
Comox Valley resident Daniel Livingston was honoured last week in Ottawa for risking his life to rescue an injured man from a burning SUV. Following Friday’s decoration ceremony at Rideau Hall where he and other Canadians were awarded medals of bravery by Gov.-Gen. David Johnston, the 24-year-old Livingston said his brother-in-law Jamie Bond was equally deserving of a citation.
“He was the one who heard it initially,” Livingston said of the April 2, 2010 accident that occurred near midnight at the top of Mission Hill in Courtenay. “He was the quick thinker who grabbed the cutting utensils, and he was also ripping his clothes off his back to try to smother out the fire. He was a huge, huge part of it. I don’t think it would have went the same way without him.” Livingston was at Bond’s house when the driver lost control of the SUV during a heavy rainfall. The vehicle flipped over and caught
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fire. The driver was ejected while the passenger was trapped in the wreck. Bond, 36, called Livingston to the door when he heard the sound of a stuck horn. Livingston thought it was nothing to worry about, but said Bond was determined an accident had occurred. “Being the quick thinker that he is, he grabbed a knife and he also grabbed a pair of scissors,” Livingston said. “It went as well as it could have went due to his quick thinking, and my quick act... see THE WHOLE ■ 2