She had been renting in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside for ten years, during which time she'd built
a successful local theatre company, a strong community of friends, and had had two children with her husband who also works in the arts.
Doctor Christiaan Barnard, the famous heart surgeon who performed the first
successful human heart transplant, is commemorated in the
local museum which houses a display of awards presented to him, as well as a replica of the original heart transplant
theatre.