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MAY 22 2013 www.burnabynewsleader.com
He quit as president of BCIT to lead the civil service under what was supposed to be Adrian Dix’s government, but says he has no regrets. See Page A5
Highrise to be gateway to art walk Public hearing May 28 Wanda Chow
wchow@burnabynewsleader.com
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North Burnaby resident Michelle Lin’s swift actions likely saved the life of Paddy Sullivan after he collapsed while cycling up Cariboo Road hill. For her efforts, she will receive a BC Ambulance Vital Link Award this Thursday.
Swift actions helped man defy the odds When Michelle Lin saw a man lying on the road, she knew what to do Wanda Chow
wchow@burnabynewsleader.com
Cariboo Heights resident Paddy Sullivan had just done some gardening at his family’s church with his nine-year-old son and they were headed home. It was a typical summer day, July 13, 2012, and the pair were cycling up the hill on Cariboo Road and just approaching 16th Avenue. “I have a vague, vague memory,
and I don’t even know if it’s real, of reaching the intersection and that’s where I collapsed.” Several years earlier Sullivan had been diagnosed with a faulty heart valve. Four months earlier, he learned his heart was now enlarged, and he would require surgery to repair the valve. The Burnaby man distinctly recalls asking his cardiologist what activity to avoid. Weight lifting was out, he was told, but cardio exercise was fine. Now he was collapsed on the side of the road. He doesn’t remember
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North Burnaby resident Michelle Lin was driving to her job as a lifeguard at Canada Games Pool in New Westminster when she encountered the scene— Sullivan lying on the ground with a crowd of about a dozen people around him. Lin jumped out of her vehicle and was asked if she was certified in cardiopulmonary resuscitation or CPR. She was, in fact, and had taken part in training exercises three
times a year at the pool. But this was the first time she’d ever had to use it. Nevertheless, Lin, now 21, recalled that she simply followed her training. She had someone retrieve her pocket mask from her car and began compressions on Sullivan’s chest. After two sets of 30 compressions and mouth-to-mouth ventilation, Lin was concerned she wasn’t able to push hard enough on Sullivan, who is much larger than she is. Please see LIN, A3
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A proposed highrise development at the corner of Willingdon Avenue and Beresford Street will, if approved, serve as the gateway to Burnaby’s art walk. The Metrotownarea project will be the subject of a public hearing on May 28. The developer, Boffo Developments Ltd., proposes rezoning 6225 and 6255 Cassie Ave. to allow for a 37-storey highrise above a fourstorey commercial podium. The podium would house office space on the upper two floors, and retail, commercial and office spaces on the bottom two levels, with the potential for coffee shops, restaurants and a liquor-primary establishment, according to a city staff report. The proposed licenced establishment would be a wine bar with indoor seating capacity of 40 seats and 20 outdoor patio seats on Beresford. It’s proposed it would be open Monday to Saturday, 11 a.m. to 1 a.m. and on Sundays, from 11 a.m. to midnight. Please see PROJECT, A3