From the local newspapers:
Letters to the editor;
Don't pave paradise
Expand Riverview
Make Riverview a place of higher learning
Public input vital for Riverview's future
Preserve Riverview as public land
Tear down Riverview buildings, build a university
Ongoing articles in The Tri-City News;
RIVERVIEW STORIES: Public tree walks continue at Riverview
RIVERVIEW STORIES: An historical timeline
RIVERVIEW STORIES: A grand plan, a grand place
RIVERVIEW STORIES: A trip though mental health care history
RIVERVIEW STORIES: A daughter's questions, a mother's hopes
RIVERVIEW STORIES: Nursing through the decades
Interviews with Anna Tremere and Fred Bennett, both long-time staff members.
RIVERVIEW STORIES: Finding a family's history
RIVERVIEW STORIES: In the garden {an article about Finnie's Garden}
Editorial opinions in The Tri-City News:
GOLDS: Recognition for Riverview is long overdue
NELSON: Save Riverview site and help the mentally ill
RADIA: Build on the Riverview Hospital lands
A letter in reply to Nelson and Radia: Face to Face jousting informs and entertains reader
From The Now: Will university move to Riverview?; Coquitlam Mayor Richard Stewart hopes UBC, in particular, will open campus on site. [ed. note: At one time Mary Hill was seriously looked at as the site for UBC, but it was deemed as to far from the population.]
From The Sun: Riverview gone but the battle against mental illness continues
No one should cheer Riverview's closure
******* Alzheimer's facility faces closure *******
Public input vital for Riverview's future
Shutting Riverview ignores the plight of the mentally ill
Riverview lands are part of a priceless heritage, Foundation of caring now a masterpiece of history
From The Province:
Hospital site draws plenty of interest; Riverview psychiatric facility set to close, with no decision yet on use for 'beautiful' grounds
Editorial: No one should cheer Riverview’s closure; with a POLL on the page too!
Letters to the Editor: Seniors care, traffic, Riverview, cycling, smokers
A dark day in health care in B.C. Riverview officially closes on Friday the 13th
Some images that some of you may not have seen before; Archival photos of Riverview Hospital
And be sure to comment into the ongoing Heritage Conservation Process, HCP at Riverviewvalues
This process in one of the only ways that the public will get to state their views about the site.
They are taking comments until the 31st of July.
A media release from MLA, Mike Farnworth:
Comprehensive plan needed as Riverview closes, Farnworth says.
A media release from MLA, Mike Farnworth:
Comprehensive plan needed as Riverview closes, Farnworth says.
And now for something completely different: Farmer creates heart-shaped meadow in memory of wife
A devoted farmer created this touching heart-shaped meadow as a tribute to his late wife - by planting thousands of oak trees. Have a look in Google Maps
A devoted farmer created this touching heart-shaped meadow as a tribute to his late wife - by planting thousands of oak trees. Have a look in Google Maps
CKNW's Bill Good interviews Coquitlam Councillor Craig Hodge about Riverview Hospital.
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