Mayors calling for re-opening of Riverview Hospital
video clip: Re-open Riverview
Article about the probable cause of all this alarm; Tri-City News: Cities target gaps in care for mentally ill
Maple Ridge News: Maple Ridge council calls for Riverview Hospital to reopen
Opposition: Warehousing mentally ill is cruel
Globe and Mail: District urges reopening of Riverview Hospital mental-health facility
Global News: Idea of re-opening Riverview Hospital gains traction
Some nice comments with this article, and one un-informed comment so far.
Tri-City News: Coquitlam lauds support for re-opening Riverview
Letter to the Editor: Yes, reopen Riverview Hospital to help the mentally ill
Vancouver Sun: B.C. pushed to improve mental health services, reinstate Riverview Hospital.
Mayors, police call for provincial support for intervention centres for mentally ill, addicts
NEWS 1130: Riverview Hospital was best for some patients: former nurse.
Maple Ridge Council wants to see the facility re-opened. [ Some nice comments ]
Topnews (NZ): Better Mental Health Care Services Needed
Austrian Tribune: Coquitlam’s Riverview Hospital should be reopened for Mental Health Patients
It appears that the story is gaining more legs than the average centipede...
The site was continually by previous generation dedicated to public health, lets keep it that way; get some life back into this beautiful property.
The venerable CBC radio had as a segment on August 27;
Call for Riverview to re-open, Life-long learning.
Download the Podcast [ mp3 file: runs 00:45:51 ]
Interviews with people about re-opening Riverview, some retired staff, doctors, and head nurse Anna Tremere are interviewed.
Hopefully if the powers that be, "see the light" and re-open Riverview, and the decent bus service will resume again.
BUS ROUTE HAS CHANGED Low ridership blamed for bus route changes
Tri-City News: Riverview Treefest on Sept. 14 in Coquitlam
Green Scene, column written by Elaine Golds, ( a picture from moi !)