Riverview Hospital

• ‘Bunch of idiots’: Relatives of victim query psychiatric releases, but lawyers urge caution

  The sister of a B.C. man who was murdered and dismembered by a friend in 2010 said the “system is broken” and it “desperately needs a change.”

  Crime

  Sep 16, 2023
  
• With mental health calls on the rise, officials question whether Riverview Hospital should reopen

  Riverview Hospital served as a provincial facility for mental health services from 1904 to 2012, when it was shuttered by the province after years of downsizing.

  Health

  Aug 10, 2022
  
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• Coquitlam RCMP seeking youth who is ‘unlawfully at large’

  Coquitlam RCMP is asking for the public's help in locating a youth patient of Maples Adolescent Care Centre at Riverview Hospital who is Unlawfully at Large (UAL).

  Canada

  Oct 24, 2020
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• Langley seniors live ‘in fear’ as they share building with people with mental health issues

  "They felt they were moving into a facility for seniors and now they're finding they have mentally ill and hard-to-house drugs addicts as well."

  Health

  Jan 8, 2018
• Riverview Hospital site to see new centre for adults with mental health and addiction challenges

  However, the Liberal government made a similar announcement back in 2015 about a facility built at Riverview

  Health

  Nov 17, 2017
• Funeral visit prompts plea from Coquitlam mayor to revive Riverview Hospital

  "Another funeral. A young man who died of his mental illness and addictions. I got to offer condolences to a family that lost their young son, and I don't want to do that again."

  Health

  Oct 29, 2017
• WATCH: Coquitlam mayor appeals for Riverview to provide urgently-needed treatment for addictions

  With the overdose crisis growing rampant in the Lower Mainland and around the province, the Coquitlam mayor is urging B.C. government to make better use of the Riverview facility to combat the overdose epidemic.

  Jan 23, 2017
• Riverview Hospital to become a centre to treat mental health

  The future of Riverview Hospital in Coquitlam has now been announced.

  Dec 17, 2015
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• First Nations group lays claim to all lands associated with Riverview Hospital

  The Kwikwetlem First Nation has sent a letter to the provincial government, the City of Coquitlam and citizen's groups saying they claim aboriginal title interests to all lands associated with Riverview Hospital.

  Jul 11, 2014