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Groundbreaking today!

Thanks to Charlotte Clements for these incredible photos - taken November 1, 2016 at the groundbreaking ceremony and celebration. Excited to be partnering with Mortlock Construction Inc. and Lett Architects to oversee the construction of our community's new hospice!...

Construction fencing is up

It's hard hats and steel toed boots from now on folks!  Heeney House - evening of October 26, 2016Want to keep up to date on the most recent construction activity? Sign up today and receive alerts directly to your email when new blog entries are made. Subscribe to the...

One week until ground breaking!

We are starting to see changes on the site of the new Hospice Peterborough Care Centre, today the construction fencing is going up!! [showhide type="post"]   Want to keep up to date on the most recent construction activity? Sign up today and receive alerts...

Only a few days before construction begins!

With groundbreaking set for November 1, 2016, this is a view that will soon change.[showhide type="post"] Photo is taken at the southeast corner Heeney House (the new 10 bed hospice care unit will extend off the east side of the house). Want to keep up to...

Summer 2016

In late July, a small team of photographers toured the site in anticipation of construction starting. Which spot will capture the best photos of construction progress for our blog? [showhide type="post"] [huge_it_slider id="7"] Want to keep up to date on the most...

Purchase celebration

On August 29, 2012, staff and volunteers celebrated their future home with a house-warming party. [showhide type="post"] Want to keep up to date on the most recent construction activity? Sign up today and receive alerts directly to your email when new blog entries are...

Property purchased!

On August 15, 2012, Hospice Peterborough took possession of Heeney House (formerly Langton House). [showhide type="post"] Want to keep up to date on the most recent construction activity? Sign up today and receive alerts directly to your email when new blog entries...

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Making room for a new foundation

While there is still some debris to be cleared away from the demolition of Langton House, the excavator is starting to make way for the new foundation of Heeney House.  [showhide type="post"] Want to keep up to date on the most recent construction activity?...

Moving forward

Yesterday and today work continues on the demolition of Langton House to make room for our new Hospice Peterborough Care Centre. It has been a difficult process leading up to this day but now we can move forward to build the best hospice for our community. [showhide...

Ribbons for remembering Langton House

Thank-you to everyone who participated in yesterday's Community Memories Ceremony - it was an opportunity for those who may have lived, worked, visited or simply admired this building to remember and celebrate the meaning the space had for them before the building is...

Remaining foundation poured for Hospice Residence!

As predicted, workers poured the remaining concrete foundation for the new Hospice Residence. My previous post was last Wednesday July 12 so they must have poured late last week. What a contrast to the July 12 photos! I am amazed at how straight and orderly the...

Hospice Residence: Prepping for remaining concrete foundation walls

Work on the Hospice Residence continues this week as workers place more wooden forms around rebar (see photos below). Probably next week the remaining concrete walls for the Residence foundation will be poured. [showhide type="post"] Want to keep up to date on the...

The Struggle to Hold On

By: David Kennedy, Supportive Care Counsellor, Hospice Peterborough  Impermanence – everything changes. It is amazing how this simple truth gets so much resistance even when we know it is true. The difficulty comes at times in life when what is changing is...

Concrete walls poured on top of concrete caissons

As predicted, last week workers poured the concrete walls that form the southern portion of the foundation for the new Hospice Residence. As with every major development at the site, the building shape continues to reveal itself - see photos below. [showhide...