CTV News Vancouver Spotlights BC Women’s Hospital & Health Centre with “Hope Starts Here Week”, May 4-8

VANCOUVER (April XX, 2015) – Next week, from May 4-8, CTV News Vancouver is on a mission to shine a spotlight on BC Women’s Hospital, with “Hope Starts Here”, a special initiative to raise funds for the hospital’s Newborn ICU. As part of its dedicated coverage, CTV MORNING LIVE VANCOUVER, CTV NEWS AT NOON, CTV NEWS AT FIVE, and CTV NEWS AT SIX will be on location at BC Women’s Hospital & Health Centre, ushering in the week-long awareness and fundraising campaign. Editorial features and stories about the important work that happens on a daily basis at the hospital will continue throughout the week.   Putting an exclamation point on its week-long showcase, CTV Vancouver will host a special “Block Party For Babies” event, taking place Friday, May 8 from 4-7 p.m. at Rocky Point Park in Port Moody, B.C. (2800 Block Murray St.) Viewers from across Vancouver are invited to attend this free, family-friendly event featuring children’s activities, food, and a live performance by Dr. Strangelove. CTV Vancouver will broadcast live from the event during its CTV NEWS AT FIVE and CTV NEWS AT SIX broadcasts.   An integral part of BC Women’s Hospital & Health Centre, the 60-bed NICU is one of Canada’s foremost specialized newborn critical care centres, and a referral hub for British Columbia’s most critically ill infants and newborns in need of advanced care.   Supporters can find more details at BC.CTVNews.ca.   About the BC Women’s Newborn ICU When a baby is born too soon, too small or too sick to survive without help, BC Women’s Newborn ICU is there to deliver the highest level of life-saving care. BC Women’s Newborn ICU is the referral hub for BC’s most critically ill infants and newborns in need of advanced care.  An integral part of BC Women’s Hospital + Health Centre, the 60-bed NICU is one of Canada’s foremost specialized newborn critical care centres. It is staffed by a unique concentration of leading clinical specialists.   Healthy women.  Healthy babies.  Healthy families.  This is the driving spirit behind every program, every equipment purchase and every act of care at BC Women’s Hospital + Health Centre.   To help make a difference, donation can be made today by calling, toll free 1-844-677-HOPE or visiting hopestartshere.ca.   About CTV News CTV News is Canada’s most-watched news organization both locally and nationally, and has a network of national, international, and local news operations. CTV News operations include CTV NEWS CHANNEL, BNN – Business News Network, CP24, and information programming, including CTV NATIONAL NEWS WITH LISA LAFLAMME, CTV NATIONAL NEWS WITH SANDIE RINALDO, CANADA AM, W5, POWER PLAY, and QUESTION PERIOD. Flagship news sites include CTVNEWS.ca, as well as CP24.com and BNN.ca, and are complemented by the all-new CTV News GO and CP24 GO apps, which provide a direct connection to Canada’s most trusted news anytime and anywhere.  With a perspective that is distinctly Canadian, CTV News brings Canadians the international and domestic news stories of the day and is the #1 news organization in Canada.     -30-   For more information, please contact: May Lam, Bell Media Vancouver, 604.871.2907 or may.lam@bellmedia.ca Andrea Blendl, Bell Media Vancouver, 604.871.2917 or andrea.blendl@bellmedia.ca Patricia Garcia, Bell Media, 416-384-2645 or patricia.garcia@bellmedia.ca