Riverview Hospital Legacy Book; now available. Cypress Lodge, opened

Riverview Hospital Legacy Book: To purchase a book,or to get more information, contact Joy Day at (604) 524-7172 or E-Mail

The $25 price includes tax and is to recover the cost of printing. This price is for pick-up orders only. Please call or e-mail for information about picking up your book.

Sold Out! but more are being printed.

If you want a book mailed to you, there will be an additional charge of $10 for mailing within BC.

Payment is by personal cheque only. Please make cheques payable to BCMHAS,(BC Mental Health & Addiction Services.)

Cypress Lodge, has been officially opened; from the Tri-City News: New mental health facility opened reads like the official Fraser Health media release.

Fire at Pennington Hall

UPDATED: Crews fight fire on Riverview Hospital grounds

Riverview blaze called suspicious

Will add more information as it becomes available, this is will be a serious loss to the social community of the site. Since it contains a gym, tuck shop, small cafe, computer access for the residents, generally the social hub of the site.
Update March 6,: At the family meeting that the hospital hosts monthly. They were told that the building is not going to be fixed, it has been totally boarded up, which will just hasten the disintegration, by trapping the moisture. To add insult to injury, staff removed the bronze dedication plaque for the building, in a rather rough way.


March 17: I heard tonight that the library is also being shut down, unknown how they are going to continue to provide this valuable service. The library provides services to the entire medical community of the Province, including the residents. The collection consists of some materials found nowhere else.
March 23: Library shut down end of March, further details; HEY library closes

Forty-four "new" beds at Riverview

Government at work.....

44 MORE BEDS FOR SEVERELY MENTALLY ILL AND ADDICTED

Slightly more information.
February 10: New program doesn’t mean a new future for Riverview

Apparently they moved the remaining residents out of Leeside, about a week ago. And replaced them with these "new" clients. $500,000 to fix them up, ?? gold faucets?

National Historic Site, progress

Sent on behalf of Coquitlam Councillor Mae Reid
Dear Riverview Advisory Committee members:
Just a quick update to let you know that the City received a letter late last week from the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada indicating that they have completed their preliminary review of the City's application which was submitted earlier this year (February/March 2009) as per Council direction to designate Riverview as a National Historic Site. Based on this preliminary review, the application will now move forward to the full Board for its consideration at its Fall 2010 meeting. The Board convenes twice a year to consider submissions. We will keep you posted on any new updates through 2010.
Wishing you all the best for the Holiday season and look forward to working with you in the New Year.
Regards
Rob Innes, Manager Community Planning

News for July 2009

Poll, (will not last long) should Riverview be used to house the homeless, Yes or No.
EDITORIAL: Lobby action needed on homelessness
Coquitlam council takes pass on temporary Riverview shelter option
No cash for homeless shelter