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Travel Air Canada 1-888-247-2262 www.aircanada.com Air North 1-800-661-0407 www.flyairnorth.com Handy-Dart book ahead, need to register 1-604-575-6600 Public Transit Information 1-604-953-3333 www.translink.ca Shuttle Service between hospitals, Broadway/Cambie area doctor referral 1-604-875-4118 SkyTrain Take the elevator in the main terminal to the fourth floor and follow the signs to the Canadaline ticket machines. You will need to purchase two zones to go downtown. Excellent signs and announced destinations outside and inside the train. 1-604-953-3333 www.translink.ca Taxis direct lines at the airport, in some hotels, and inside hospital main doors Wheelchair Accessible Taxis 1-604-831-1111 Vancouver Airport 1-604-207-7077 www.yvr.ca Volunteer Drivers Canadian Cancer Society cancer patients, 24-hour notice www.bc.cancer.ca VANCOUVER 59
Vancouver, Burnaby, New Westminster, Richmond 1-604-872-2034, 1-800-663-2524 Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody 1-604-215-5462 Maple Ridge 1-604-215-5462 New Westminster Surrey Clinic 1-604-215-5462 North Vancouver 1-604-904-2361 West Vancouver 1-604-872-2034 Canadian Red Cross 1-604-301-2566 Accommodation Vancouver Coastal Health to make reservations www.booking.com/ Vancouver www.bchotels.org/ Vancouver BC Accommodations and Reservations www.hellobc.com BC Bed & Breakfasts www.hellobc.com Centre for Patients Hostelling International www.hihostels.ca www.hellobc.com Delta/Richmond Best Western Richmond 1-604-270-7576 www.bestwestern.com Executive Inn airport 1-888-388-3932 www.executivehotels.net 60
Holiday Inn 1-604-273-8080 www.holidayinn.com/ vancouver Ramada Inn 1-604-207-9000 www.ramada.com Near St. Paul s Best Western Chateau Granville 1-604-669-7070, 1-800-663-0575 www.chateaugranville.com Bosman s Hotel/Motor Inn 1-604-682-3171, 1-888-267-6267 Burrard Motor Inn 1-604-681-2331, 1-800-663-0366 www.theburrard.com Century Plaza Hotel 1-604-687-0575, 1-800-663-1818 www.century-plaza.com Holiday Inn Downtown 1-604-684-2151, 1-800-663-9151 www.holidayinnvancouver downtown.com Comfort Inn Downtown 1-604-605-4333 www.choicehotels.ca Landis luxury suites 1-604-681-3555, 1-877-291-6111 www.landissuites vancouver.com Sandman Hotel Downtown 1-604-681-2211 www.sandmanhotels.ca YMCA 955 Burrard 1-604-689-9622 www.vanymca.org YWCA 733 Beatty 1-604-895-5830 www.ywcahotel.com VANCOUVER 61
Near Vancouver General Hospital, BC Children s Hospital and BC Women s Hospital Hampton Inn & Suites 1-604-602-1008 www.hamptoninn vancouver.com Holiday Inn Vancouver Centre 1-604-879-0511, 1-877-660-8550 www.hivancouver.com Hyatt Regency Vancouver 1-604-683-1234 www.vancouver.hyatt.com Park Inn and Suites Vancouver Broadway 1-604-872-8661 www.parkinn.com Plaza 500 Hotel 1-604-873-1811, 1-888-210-2543 www.plaza500hotel.ca Shaughnessy Village B&B 1125 West 12th Avenue 1-604-736-5511 www.shaughnessy village.com New Westminster Arundel Mansion Next to Skytrain. Kitchens & furnished suites 1-604-524-9498 www.arundelmansion.com Best Western 1-604-525-7777, 1-866-525-7779 1-604-524-0069 www.bestwesternchelsea inn.com Inn at Westminster Quay 1-604-520-1776, 1-800-663-2001 www.innatwestminster quay.com 62
The Met Hotel 1-604-520-3815 www.themethotel.com Royal Towers Hotel and Casino 1-604-524-3777 North Vancouver www.northvancouvertravel.bc.ca/ accommodations www.bchotels.org/ Best Western Capilano Inn & Suites 1-604-987-8185 www.bestwestern capilano.com Comfort Inn and Suites 1-604-988-3181, 1-888-988-3181 www.vancouvercomfort. com Grand Manor B&B 1-604-988-6082 www.grandmanor.ca Holiday Inn 1-877-985-3111 www.hinorthvancouver. com Londsdale Quay 1-604-986-6111, 1-800-836-6111 www.londsdalequay hotel.com Vancouver Lions Gate Travelodge 1-604-985-5311, 1-800-578-7878 www.lionsgatetravelodge. com Surrey Days Inn 1-604-588-9511, 1-800-663-0660 www.gtahotels.com Holiday Inn Express & Suites 1-604-930-8510 www.ihg.com VANCOUVER 63
King George Inn & Suites 1-604-502-9000 www.bestwesternsurrey. com Sheraton Vancouver 1-604-582-9288 www.sheratonguild ford.com UBC Campus Triumf House 5835 Thunderbird Blvd 1-604-222-7633 www.triumfhouse.ca West Coast Suites at UBC 1-604-822-1000 www.ubcconferences.com Medical Lodges Aboriginal Patients Lodge 1-604-707-9191 www.lnhs.ca/patients_ lodge Jean C Barber Cancer Lodge 1-604-879-9131 www.cancer.ca Easter Seals House 1-604-736-3475, 1-800-818-4483 www.lionsbc.ca/programs Heather House Hostel 1-604-875-2298 www2.vpl.vancouver Ronald McDonald House 1-604-736-2957, 1-800-387-8808 www.rmhbc.ca Hospitals and Health Centres Emergencies fire, police, ambulance 911 Hospitals Abbotsford Regional Hospital 1-604-851-4700 www.fraserhealth.ca/ hospitalservices 64
BC Children & Women s Health Centre 1-604-875-2000 www.cw.bc.ca BC Children s Hospital 1-604-875-2000, 1-888-300-3088 www.bcchf.ca BC Women s Hospital 1-604-875-2424, 1-888-300-3088 www.bcwomens.ca Burnaby Hospital 1-604-434-4211 www.fraserhealth.ca Eagle Ridge Hospital Port Moody 1-604-461-2022 www.fraserhealth.ca/ hospitalservices GF Strong Rehabilitation Centre 1-604-734-1313 Langley Hospital 1-604-514-4121 www.fraserhealth.ca/ hospitalservices Lion s Gate Hospital North Vancouver 1-604-988-3131 Richmond Hospital 1-604-278-9711 Royal Columbian Hospital New Westminster 1-604-520-4253 www.fraserhealth.ca St. Paul s, Mt. St. Joseph, Holy Family, St. Vincent s hospitals 1-604-682-2344 www.providencehealth care.org Sunny Hill Health Centre for Children disabilities 1-604-453-8300 www.bcchf.ca 65 VANCOUVER
Surrey Memorial Hospital 1-604-581-2211 www.fraserhealth.ca Alcohol/Drug Information 1-604-780-8315, 1-855-999-4488 www.angelscommunity.com BC-Yukon Canadian Cancer Society 1-604-872-4400 www.cancer.ca University of BC Hospital 1-604-822-7121 Vancouver General Hospital 1-604-875-4111 Medical Support AIDS Vancouver 1-604-893-2201 www.aidsvancouver.org Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) Greater Vancouver Intergroup Society 1-604-434-3933 www.vancouveraa.ca BC Cancer Agency 1-604-877-6000, 1-800-663-3333 www.bccancer.bc.ca BC Crisis Lines outside lower Mainland 1-604-872-3311, 1-866-661-3311 BC Mental Health and Addictions Services 1-604-310-6789 www.bcmhas.ca Narcotics Anonymous 1-604-873-1018, 1-866-683-6819 www.canaacna.org ParaMed home care 1-800-465-5054 www.paramed.ca 66
Prideline BC lesbian, gay 1-800-566-1170 Service BC www.servicebc.gov.bc.ca Vancouver Cancer Lodge 1-604-879-9131 Vancouver City s Four Pillars Drug Strategy www.vancouver.ca/ fourpillars Vancouver Coastal Health 1-604-736-2033, 1-866-884-0888 BC-Yukon Canadian Cancer Society 1-888-700-1131 www.cancer.ca Canadian Red Cross loans medical equipment 1-604-301-2566, 1-800-565-8000 www.redcross.ca City Information www.vancouver.ca City Services www.vancouver.ca/ services Dial-a-Dietitian 1-604-732-9191, 1-800-667-3438 First Nations Breast Cancer 1-800-875-3677 www.fnbreastcancer.bc.ca Health and Seniors Information Line 1-800-465-4911 Health Link BC 811 www.healthlinkbc.ca Meals on Wheels 1-604-733-6614 www.carebc.ca Medical social workers call the main phone number at each hospital VANCOUVER 67
Centre for Patients and Family 1-604-875-5887 / centreforpatients Vancouver Hospitals Vancouver Mental Health Hotline 1-604-736-4404 Vancouver Rape Relief and Women s Centre 1-604-872-8212 www.rapereliefshelter. bc.ca First Nations Aboriginal Patients Lodge 1-604-707-9191 www.lnhs.ca/patients_ lodge First Nations Breast Cancer 1-800-561-4311 www.fnbreastcancer.bc.ca First Nations Health Council 1-250-830-1139, 1-866-913-0033 www.fnhc.ca First Nations Patient Advocate 1-604-913-2080, 1-866-913-0033 Pacific Association of First Nation Women 1-604-873-1833 pafnw1@telus.net Vancouver Coastal Health Aboriginal Health 1-604-675-2551 www.aboriginalhealth. vch.ca Vancouver Native Health Society 1-604-254-9949 www.vnhs.net 68