Mills Memorial Hospital Replacement - Terrace, BC

Snow is on the mountains and the air is frosty. What a beautiful day!

Work stopped temporarily on the Mills Memorial Hospital construction site yesterday to honour Canada's first ever National Day Truth & Reconciliation. Around 2pm, all work stopped and everyone on site gathered underneath one of the the cranes. This included workers as well as some representatives from Northern Health and PCL's project teams.

PCL Construction Manager Michael King spoke a few words about the purpose of the new National Day (previously known as Orange Shirt Day) and the history of residential schools.

At 2:15 PM, an orange flag was raised on the boom of one of the tower cranes, and the workers stayed gathered together in silence, for 2 minutes and 15 seconds - to honour and remember the 215 Indigenous children at the Kamloops Indian Residential School - and the thousands of others - who never made it home.

Workers on site were silent for 2 minutes and 15 seconds to honour the children who didn't make it home from the Kamloops Indian Residential School - as well as all the others who didn't make it home, and those who did.

Indigenous workers on site, along with representatives from Kitselas First Nation Employment & Training department, in front of the orange flag that was hung from the tower crane.

PCL and Northern Health project team representatives. From left to right, Michael King (PCL), Les Krusel (PCL), Shirley Nichol (NH), Paul Rudecki (NH), Madison McCann (NH) and Derek Pearce (PCL

October 19, 2021 Update
Work took a little longer than planned but the intersection is expected to reopen at the end of this coming weekend.

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As of Tuesday, September 21, the intersection of Haugland Avenue and Eby Street will be closed for approximately three weeks, as the recently upgraded Mills Memorial hospital storm system is tied into the city’s water system.

While some roads in the area will be closed, all traffic will be coordinated through detours and local residents will be able to access their properties.

Visitors to the hospital are encouraged to use Tetrault Street to access the hospital while this work is underway. For those using public transportation, the Haugland Avenue bus stop, in front of the hospital, will be temporarily relocated approximately two blocks east on, towards Walmart.

Work hours will be approximately 7am to 7pm, seven days a week.

Please follow all signage and obey traffic personnel.

We apologize for any inconvenience in advance but upgrading the storm and water drainage systems in the area is necessary as part of the construction of a new hospital.

Any schedule changes will be posted on Let's Talk MMH.

An MMH construction cam is now available to the public!

That means any day, any time, you can see where construction of the new hospital is at.

On the construction cam link you zoom around the site, view past photos, and compare photos of different days. You can also view and download time lapse videos.

The link has views and photos, from two video cameras mounted on the roof of the current hospital. One view faces north, overlooking the tower cranes and construction of the new hospital. The other view faces west, overlooking the future site of the new Seven Sisters facility.

The cameras takes photos every fifteen minutes.

Check the MMH construction cam. Play around!

3-D model on display at Skeena Mall and hospital

Your input is important

Thank you to everyone who has viewed the draft designs and displays. We've had some great comments and questions come in - written on the feedback boards at the displays, and here, on Let's Talk.

Responses are forthcoming

Please be patient as we sort through all the great feedback we've received. We need some time to process all the information we've received.

Draft Designs on display

Until Thursday, September 23, draft designs - including a 3-D model - are on display at the Skeena Mall in Terrace, and in the basement of the Mills Memorial Hospital, near the cafeteria for a few more days. For anyone who can't make it see the display, draft designs are also online here, on Let's Talk.

Check out the landscaping plans for the project!

The designer has included greenery throughout the site including a spiritual garden, a staff garden and a garden at the main entry. A variety of factors were considered in the design and choice of plants such as safety, climate, local significance and long-term maintenance and durability. As much as possible, the designer included native plants.

Click on the images to below to download PDFs of the landscape plan and plant list.

From September13 to 23.

At Skeena Mall in Terrace.

And in MMH hospital, in basement, near the cafeteria.

Check them out!

Check out the draft design plans for the new Mills Memorial Hospital and Seven Sisters facilities.
Scroll down to view images or download a pdf of the all the draft designs.

We want to hear from you!
Any questions? Any thoughts?
Register for the Let's Talk Northern Health site and give us your input on the Mills Memorial Replacement Project - right here, right now.

Note that design is ongoing. All plans are subject to change.

Mills Memorial Hospital - Exterior

Mills Memorial Hospital - Main Lobby

Mills Memorial Hospital - Spiritual Space

Mills Memorial Hospital - Floor Layouts

Seven Sisters - Exterior & Interior

Site Plan with Landscaping

Alternate Exterior Site Views

Check out some animated fly through videos of draft plans for the new hospital site!

Low fly through video

High fly through video

Northern Health is looking for two patient representatives from outside of Terrace, who live in Northwest BC and access services at Mills Memorial Hospital, to be part of a Community Advisory Working Group (CAWG) for the new hospital.

This volunteer opportunity can be applied for though the Patient Voices Network. For more information and to apply, go to: Member, Community Advisory Working Group (CAWG), Mills Memorial Hospital (MMH) Replacement Project - Patient Voices Network (patientvoicesbc.ca)

Deadline to apply is Wednesday, September 1, 2021.

The purpose of the Community Advisory Working Group is to have a table for stakeholder and community input into design aspects of the Mills Memorial (MMH) Replacement Project. The Group will provide input pertaining to local culture, practices and experience, to ensure the new facility is welcoming, respectful and relevant.

Representatives form local and regional community organizations and stakeholder groups, many of which are in Terrace, have been invited to join this group. This includes a patient representative from Terrace. As Mills Memorial Hospital provides services to residents throughout Northwest BC, however, we are looking for two patient representatives from outside of Terrace to participate and give a more regional perspective

The Group will be a sub group of the MMH Capital Advisory Committee. The Group’s input will complement and be considered along with input collected from other engagement activities and platforms.

Some of the topic discussed within the Community Advisory Working Group (CAWG) will overlap with topics discussed by the MMH Indigenous Advisory Working Group (IAWG), which was formed in the Spring of 2021. Sub-working groups focused on specific topics may be formed with members from both of these working groups.

The first meeting for this community group is planned for September 8 and the next Indigenous Advisory Working Group (IAWG) meeting is planned for the next day, September 9.