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Skylift and skill saws

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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Full footprint emerging

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

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

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...

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...