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May 2019 | News Releases

News Releases: Victoria Teams Hike to Remember Loved Ones

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE VICTORIA – May 1, 2019 – Sunday, May 5th marks the beginning of National Hospice Palliative Care Week with dozens of cities across Canada hosting hikes to raise critical funds and...

Apr 2019 | Hospice, Staff

Victoria Hospice Staffing Update

At the end of February, 2019, Wendy Wainwright, a nationally-recognized champion of psychosocial care, retired after 36 years of dedicated service to Victoria Hospice...

Apr 2019 | Nursing, Staff, Volunteer

Victoria Hospice Hires Director of Nursing Services

On behalf of the Board of Directors of the Victoria Hospice Society, please join us in welcoming Tracy Stone to the Leadership Team in the position of Director of Nursing Services...

Mar 2019 | Events, Hospice

Join Team Eassie at Hike for Hospice!

It’s hard to miss Team Eassie at Hike for Hospice. They’re dressed in bright yellow t-shirts, visible from one side of Fisherman’s Wharf Park to the other. Look closer, and you’ll see that each shirt is proudly...

Dec 2018 | Hospice

Hospice Nurse Finds Creative Way to Honour Her Friend and Give Back

Some people and experiences are like stones being thrown into a calm lake, they ripple through us, reaching out and leaving us changed. It was like that for me when at 21 I lost a childhood friend to...

Dec 2018 | Hospice

Hospice Volunteer Honoured at Holiday Tree Light Up

Thank you to the granddaughters of beloved Hospice volunteer, Jill Croft, for lighting up the 50-foot Garry Oak tree at our second Annual Holiday Tree Light Up on November 29, 2018. 5,000 bulbs now...

Dec 2018 | Hospice

Holly for Hospice

My connection to Hospice goes back quite a few years, I lost a cousin and then my older brother to cancer when they were both in their early fifties and they were both cared for at Victoria Hospice. Since then my family...

Oct 2018 | Hospice

How you helped Cheryl celebrate Halloween in July

A letter from Todd Cave to Victoria Hospice's Inpatient Unit Counsellor, Michelle Dale.

Sep 2018 | Hospice

For the Love of Ambriss

In 2012, the owner of Russ Hay’s, The Bicycle Shop, Mike Clermont, organized the first annual Russ Hay’s Ambriss Clermont Memorial Ride for Hospice to honour the memory of his wife of...

Jul 2018 | Hospice

Honouring Our Patients

At Victoria Hospice, we consider it a great privilege to care for every patient that arrives at our Inpatient Unit. We are deeply honoured by the trust that patients and their families...