25 - Sunday, March 18, 1990 - North Shore News

AFFLUENCE @ INFLUENCE

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IN HIS OWN WORDS

Brian O'Conner a: Cn ;
doesn’t put up .
with puffers

N RAISING TWO
TEENAGED DAUGH-
TERS AS A_ SINGLE
PARENT: -‘I

know
what many women have had to
put up with. But it’s been really
easy. They're good kids. I've in-
vested a lot of my time in this...it’s
a challenge that I've enjoyed.”

ON WHY HE CHOSE THE MED-
ICAL PROFESSION AS A CA-
REER: “I was interested in the
scientific aspects of medicine. But
1 think it was tater, aiter 1) had
matured, that | began to under-
stand the people side of medicine,
the health side of things...the
community side of things.”

ON WHAT HE WOULD BE DO-
ING IF HE DID NOT GO INTO
MEDICINE: “I'd probably be
teaching history and English
somewhere. | really enjoyed histo-
ty and English in school and that's
where ! would have likely ended
up.”

ON WHAT HE LIKES TO DO
WHEN NOT WORKING: “| love
to run. | also love travelling. in the
past | have done some extensive
travelling in Europe and have also
travelled in Africa, particularly in

a Be
Kenya. | travel every chance | get. NEWS photo Cindy Goodman
Although j don’t do it as much as!’ NOT TOO many things upset North Shore Medical Health Officer Dr. Brian O'Conner, but his major pet peeve is people who smoke around
used to, | also enjoy pin.
photography.”

ON WHAT HIS PET PEEVES ARE:
“Smoking. | really get annoyed
when I’m exposed to someone
else’s smoke. | try to make it a
practice of not associating with
smokers. | can’t understand why

people persist in it. I’m also really
impatient in line-ups. 1 hate line-
ups. That’s why | haven't taken up
skiing...! don't like the idea of hav-
ing to wait for a chair-lift. That's
why { enjoy sunning, | can just get
out there and go.”

ON WHAT HE THINKS ABOUT
LIVING IN B.C. AS OPPOSED TO
HIS FORMER RESIDENCES IN
ONTARIO AND ALBERTA:

“4d live in North Vancouver up by
Grouse Mountain and | just love

the North Shore. | think it’s the
most wonderful place in the
world. I'm not going anywhere
from here, and it’s an added
benus to live on the same side of
the bridge that you live and work
on. | still visit Ontario, but ! would

not like to live there now. | took a
little while getting used to Alberta
because of the pclitical philoso-
phy. | would compare B.C. as

most favorable to Ontario and
Alberta. The pace here is much
more relaxing.”

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