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Cancer Lodge Gets $2.2 Million In Prince George

By 250 News

Thursday, April 09, 2009 02:37 PM

PRINCE GEORGE - A $2.2 million contribution from the Province to the Prince George school district will support an innovative partnership with the city to build a new recreational complex and make land available for a proposed Canadian Cancer Society lodge, Minister of Education Shirley Bond announced today.
 
"When partnerships come together with a single goal in mind creative and innovative ideas are developed. This partnership has resulted in not only a new park space for the community, but also a much-needed cancer lodge to support cancer patients and their families in northern B.C.," said Education Minister Shirley Bond. "The Province's $2.2 million compensates the school district for the land that will be turned into community park space and enables the city to make its land available for the proposed cancer society lodge."
 
Under the memorandum of understanding, the school district intends to transfer ownership of 3.26 hectares of land at the Duchess Park Secondary site to the city.
 
"The city will develop and maintain this for recreational purposes which could include playing fields, tennis courts, an off-leash park and a playground,"The cancer lodge to be built on the Alward Park site will complement the recently-announced BC Cancer Agency Centre for the North, to be built adjacent to the Prince George Regional Hospital. The lodge will provide meals and accommodation at a modest rate for out-of-town patients and their families, and will have a 24-hour nurse supervisor on staff.

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Comment Posted by: acrider54 on April 10 2009 6:56 AM
Election coming up. A nice jesture but where is the cancer clinic that was promised?
Comment Posted by: Andyfreeze on April 10 2009 10:07 AM
Great news...if it actually happens,but it is interesting how the government finds all this money right before an election?
Do they really think we don't see that?
Do they really think we are that stupid and can't see through their spin and manipulation?
Comment Posted by: lunarguy on April 10 2009 1:23 PM
The cancer clinic is in pre-construction phase. They are picking a partner to build it, etc. This announcement today frees up the required land to build it upon. In others it is all underway.
Comment Posted by: Bond on April 11 2009 9:13 PM
Gordon Campbell knows his 2 MLA's Bell and Bond are at risk this election no surprise PG is seeing so much election spending. Let us not forget that both Bell and Bond have been ineffective and infantile in ensuring PG was represented. Mackenzie has all but shut down under Bells watch with 1300 jobs lost and BC now leads the country in total jobs lost. Gordon Campbell and his BC Liberals sits back and plays zombie spectator with no action plan to speak of. Bond's record on education is no better. Her government froze the budget for 34 school districts across BC, even though fixed costs keep rising. The budget also ignored ongoing concerns about class size and support for children with special needs.

Gordon Campbell and his Liberal Totties did not protect our community in the good times, it is scary to think what they would do in the bad times.

May 12, 2009...Take back BC !!