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Happy at 106
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‘I’ve had a good life. Not much money, but lots of company.’
What’s the secret to a long life? In the case of Jean McIntyre it could be a combination of positivity and a simple ‘meat and potatoes’ diet.The Burnaby resident is celebrating her 106th birthday on March 28. “I’ve had a good life,” she told the NOW. “Not much money, but lots of company. I’ve worked hard.” McIntyre was born in 1910, grew up in Calgary and now lives independently in Burnaby’s Harmony Court. She lived through the Depression, although she said she was too young to realize what was happening at the time. She later worked as a nurse and an X-ray technician and married but didn’t have kids. Her husband, Albert, passed away years ago. McIntyre never smoked. She didn’t care for drinking and couldn’t afford it anyway.When asked about her diet, she described herself as a meat-and-potatoes kind of person. As for physical activity, McIntyre spent winters ice-skating and summers swimming. McIntyre is celebrating her 106th birthday at Harmony Court Estate, where she lives, and local dignitaries have been invited. She lives independently and gets around on her own, with the help of a walker. She spends her free time in the recreation lounge, visiting other seniors. “Everybody’s been so kind to me. I don’t have to worry about crying my eyes out,” she said. She also exercises and plays poker. – By Jennifer Moreau
By Jeremy Deutsch
jdeutsch@burnabynow.com
CENTENARIAN: Burnaby resident Jean McIntyre is celebrating her 106th birthday. She still lives independently in Harmony Court Estate in Burnaby. PHOTO JENNIFER MOREAU
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The case between ICBC and a former Burnaby resident who successfully won a lawsuit over malicious prosecution is heading back to court. ICBC and two employees in the case are appealing the recent B.C. Supreme Court decision that awarded Danica Arsenovski nearly $400,000 in damages related to car accident in Burnaby in 2000. ICBC is asking the judgment to be set aside and the action be dismissed and a new trial ordered, according to an appeal notice filed in the B.C. Court of Appeal on March 11. On March 1, a B.C. Supreme Court judge ruled in favour of Arsenovski and awarded her nearly $400,000 in damages, including $350,000 in punitive damages and another $30,000 for emotional distress. The case goes back more than 15 years, not long after Arsenovski and her husband arrived in Canada from the formerYugoslavia. Both in their 50s, Arsenovski didn’t speak English. The couple was coming home from an English class on Jan. 31, 2000, when they were hit by a car while crossing the street at Nelson Avenue and Imperial Street. After signing an initial statement, the case was referred Gregory Bodin, an adjuster with ICBC’s bodily injury claims investigation team, and John Gould, who was with ICBC’s special investigations unit. The two men were also named in the lawsuit. Gould authored a report to Crown Continued on page 10
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