Category: Health Care

St.Mary’s Hospital Expansion

Posted By Webmaster Laurie McConnell on Mar 29, 2011 in Health Care, LIVE, Sechelt, St. Mary's Hospital Expansion

Click here for the larger PDF Newsletter showing expansion details. This page is dedicated to all the news and events relating to the expansion of St. Mary’s Hospital in Sechelt. St. Mary’s serves the Sunshine Coast from Port Mellon to Egmont and is currently undergoing a $44 million expansion/renovation project that will enable the hospital [...]

Naturopathic Medical Clinic open in Gibsons

Posted By Webmaster Laurie McConnell on Jul 16, 2010 in BUSINESS, Directory, Gibsons, Health Care

Gibsons now has a naturopathic physician! Unbounded Naturopathic Medical Clinic has been open since May in the Coast Professional Centre in upper Gibsons. Dr. Jane Gartshore is the owner and practicing naturopathic physician and offers her patients holistic primary health care, focussing on healthy lifestyle, disease prevention, and minimally invasive treatment for health conditions. This [...]

Ellen Besso book launch: Surviving Eldercare

Posted By Webmaster Laurie McConnell on Dec 03, 2009 in COMMUNITY, EAT & SHOP, Health Care, LIVE

Surviving Eldercare: Where Their Needs End and Yours Begin by ELLEN BESSO Now available in print, the insightful book that provides awareness of the physical, mental and spiritual needs of women who are caregivers to an elder parent or relative. Author Ellen Besso writes this self-help/memoir from the perspective of both Life Coach and as [...]

Hospital Fundraiser Bedlam!

Posted By Webmaster Laurie McConnell on Sep 15, 2009 in Health Care, LIVE

If you were driving by the Trail Bay Centre mall this weekend, you may have seen the back parking lot closed to traffic and crowded with people, equipment and firetrucks. This was no accident – it was the hilarious fundraiser for the St. Mary’s Hospital Foundation Society’s new hospital expansion plans. Teams of 5 raced [...]

Organizers get set to Relay for Life

Posted By Webmaster Laurie McConnell on Feb 05, 2009 in Events Calendar, Health Care, LIVE, Recreation

Sunshine Coast, January 19, 2009 — Organizers of the Canadian Cancer Society Relay For Life event taking place May 30th/31st at Roberts Creek Elementary are signing up new teams, holding fundraisers and getting ready to fight back at the biggest cancer fundraising event in Canada. “Survivors, caregivers, friends and family are counting down to [...]