Peace Arch

• Power restored at Peace Arch crossing following abrupt outage

  The Washington State Department of Transportation is urging drivers to use alternative crossings to get across the border.

  Traffic

  Aug 12, 2023
  
• Long waits at B.C. borders as big events draw Canadians south

  Waits at the Peace Arch and Pacific Highway crossings to get into the United States already exceed two hours as of Friday afternoon.

  Traffic

  Jul 21, 2023
  
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• New mental health and addictions unit at B.C.’s Peace Arch Hospital sitting idle

  The new mental health and substance use facility at the Peace Arch Hospital in White Rock was built as a part of Phase 2 of a multi-million dollar emergency department upgrade.

  Health

  Jan 9, 2023
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• B.C.’s Peace Arch Park finally reopens after more than 2 years

  The lifting of virtually all COVID-19 border restrictions in September prompted questions from experts and the public about why the park remained closed. 

  Canada

  Oct 25, 2022
• ‘It’s a mystery’: Peace Arch Park remains closed

  Two years later with most of Canada vaccinated, and the border mostly re-opened, the Canadian side of the park is still closed.

  Canada

  Jun 12, 2022
• Peace Arch Hospital maternity ward to stay open in last-minute reversal

  Last week, the health authority said it would be indefinitely diverting expecting parents-to-be to Langley Memorial Hospital, effective Jan. 28, due to an "unexpected leave."

  Health

  Jan 20, 2022
• Peace Arch Hospital maternity ward to shutter indefinitely due to pediatrician shortage

  Effective Jan. 28, Fraser Health is asking people who had planned to give birth in the hospital to divert to Langley Memorial Hospital for their deliveries. 

  Health

  Jan 14, 2022
• New staff lounge to honour innocent B.C. nurse killed in Metro Vancouver gang conflict

  Paul Bennett was an operating room nurse at White Rock's Peace Arch Hospital, before he was fatally shot in his Cloverdale driveway in June 2018 in a case of mistaken identity.

  Crime

  Aug 4, 2021
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• Pregnant patients to be diverted from Peace Arch Hospital due to ‘gap’ in pediatrician coverage

  The health authority said anyone giving birth between July 8 and July 19 with birth plans for the hospital should go instead to Langley Memorial Hospital.

  Health

  Jul 2, 2021
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• Frequent weddings in cross-border Peace Arch Park spur COVID-19 concerns

  "The hugging and hand-shaking, the mixing of Americans and Canadians together ... my concern is that people come back to Canada and don't isolate, and go into the stores that I might be in."

  Health

  Sep 9, 2020