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Snow arrives, work continues

Nov 25, 2016

For the past few days, snow has been falling and staying on the ground. I ran into Craig Mortlock at the site this morning and while the excavator has been doing some initial digging and scraping of land around Heeney House, they are finalizing an excavation plan for...

Excavation!

Nov 23, 2016

There is no denying construction is starting to move along at 325 London Street. An excavator has started the process of digging up the earth surrounding Heeney House in preparation for the addition of the wing that will house the 10 hospice care beds. It is so...

Thank-you trees

Nov 15, 2016

Today some of the trees around Heeney House were removed to make way for the new building. While it`s sad to see the trees come down, they have provided many years of shade, comfort and natural beauty...and now they make way for a home that will also provide comfort,...

Powering up

Nov 14, 2016

Today I met Adam from Tri-line Electric Ltd....working on getting power to all essential areas of the construction site. One of many people helping to build our community hospice! [showhide type="post"] Want to keep up to date on the most recent construction activity?...

Skylift and skill saws

Nov 10, 2016

Hi everyone, not much evidence of construction activity today but I heard the sound of a skill saw inside Heeney House (hard to get a photo of that). There was also a lift parked outside the front door - not sure what it was being used for but big machinery on a...

Death is a Life Changer

Nov 10, 2016

By: David Kennedy, Bereavement Coordinator “I can’t believe it has been a whole year!” She sat in the same chair she did a year ago, but she is not the same person. “I must admit,” she added sheepishly “I really didn’t think I would last a year. I am pretty sure that...

Angel’s Words

Nov 10, 2016

By: A Hospice Client My entire life changed four years ago. Since that tragic day, I’ve had an extremely difficult time sorting through so many emotions – blame, anger, confusion, crippling sadness – and struggling to answer the question WHY? Why me? Why us? Why this?...

Thelma and Louise

Nov 10, 2016

By: Sue Stinson, Visiting Volunteer Originally published in the August 2016 Ontario Caregiver Coalition (OCC) Newsletter. Sue and Kay’s sister Tracey have given permission for the story to be published by Hospice Peterborough. It was a week or so before Christmas and...

Beautiful views of Heeney House

Nov 4, 2016

What a lovely afternoon today. I decided to take a lunchtime stroll up to the new site from our current location on Rubidge Street. No new construction activity to report but what beautiful sunlight on Heeney House! As I walked north on Rubidge Street toward the new...

Video of groundbreaking ceremony

Nov 2, 2016

Thanks to Holly Wilson for this video of yesterday's groundbreaking ceremony. [showhide type="post"] Posted by Holly Wilson on Tuesday, November 1, 2016 Want to keep up to date on the most recent construction activity? Sign up today and receive alerts directly to your...

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Foundation in-filling

Feb 21, 2018

After a holiday season and January that saw record cold temperatures, the recent warmer weather has allowed work to continue. Today the sun managed to peak through the clouds after many days of rain and fog. The following two photos can be compared to the previous...

DIEalogues

Feb 8, 2018

Last fall, the first Hospice Peterborough DIEalouges were hosted at Lett Architect Studio. These sessions were about opening up a conversation about death and dying to the community. During one of these sessions a question was posed to the attendees: If you could...

Foundation work complete!

Dec 15, 2017

Earlier this week workers completed pouring the rest of the concrete foundation for the new Care Centre. This is a significant milestone! Thanks to everyone for helping build your new community Hospice. [showhide type="post"] Want to keep up to date on the most recent...

The Strange Events of Grief

Dec 4, 2017

It was just one of those nights. He had to get out of the house. Oh, he understood that his adult children were just worried about him and that is why they doted on his every move. “Come on Dad – you have to eat – have more food… Dad, now you have to get things done...

Full footprint emerging

Dec 1, 2017

This afternoon workers continued to install the forms for pouring the remaining concrete foundation. You can really see the complete building footprint emerging (four times the square footage of the current Hospice building). We also hosted an open house this...

Foundation work starting up again

Nov 23, 2017

With the permit recently approved to continue building the new foundation, workers were at the site this morning laying the concrete forms for the Heeney House community programming area.  [showhide type="post"] Want to keep up to date on the most recent construction...

Gravel inlay for Hospice Residence

Oct 13, 2017

This morning on my way to work I photographed this team placing and flattening gravel in-between the concrete foundation walls for the new Hospice Residence. In the photo below, the excavator is where the private garden will be. Where the men are standing is where a...