Accommodation

Travelling to Kordyban Lodge Prince George 1100 Alward Street Prince George, B.C. V2M 7B1 for Cancer Call 250 562 3535 Treatment • Meals are included in the daily rate. Bag lunch is available upon request. • Freemason Cancer Car Program Prince George provides free transportation to Contact Information medical appointments related to cancer treatment. BC Cancer – Prince George (Centre for the North) 1215 Lethbridge Street Prince George, B.C. V2M 7E9 Medical Travel Accommodation

The BC Government website offers a Medical • Patient & Family Counselling Services Travel Accommodation Listing webpage at Call 250 645 7330 http://csa.pss.gov.bc.ca/medicaltravel/. Toll Free 1 855 775 7300 ext 687330 When booking, request medical rate or long term rental rate.

Patient & Family Counselling 250 645 7330 Toll Free 1 855 775 7300 ext 687330

Updated December 2019 Financial Programs Bus Services

Canadian Cancer Society Northern Health Connection Buses BC Bus Pass Program Offers financial assistance with travel expenses Coaches and mini-buses offering transportation Available for individuals in receipt of income associated with accessing cancer treatment for for northern residents to non-local, non- assistance, with disabilities designation, or age low income individuals. Call 1 888 939 3333 emergency, medical appointments. 60 or older and receiving Guaranteed Income Ministry of Social Development & Poverty Call 1 888 647 4997 https://nhconnections.ca/ Supplement. $45.00 annual fee. Call 1 866 866 0800 Reduction BC Bus North Transportation and accommodation costs Coach service offering connections between may be covered for individuals receiving Prince Rupert, Prince George, , Volunteer Programs income and/or disability assistance. Assistance Fort St. John, Fort Nelson, and . Freemason Cancer Car Program is intended to meet non-local travel costs Call 1 844 564 7494 www.bcbus.ca associated with essential medical treatment. Provides free transportation to medical BC Transit Call 1 866 866 0800 appointments related to cancer treatment. Bulkley Nechako Regional Transit System. Call 250 645 2373 or 1 855 587 4337 Travel Assistance Program (TAP) Routes 161 and 162 offering connections Hope Air Discounted air, rail and ferry rates may be between Smithers and Prince George. Route 11 available for eligible B.C. residents who must offers connections between Terrace and . Provides Canadian residents in financial travel within the province for non-emergency Call 1 855 499 1119 need with free flights to travel to medical medical specialist services not available in their https://www.bctransit.com/bulkley-nechako/home appointments away from their home own community. Call 1 800 663 7100 community. Call 1 877 346 4673 (HOPE) HandyDart Prince George https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/health/ accessinghealth-care/tap-bc/travel-assistance- Door-to-door transit service for people with a Parking program-tapbc disability affecting mobility. Registration is required. HandyPASS and taxi saver vouchers BC Cancer – Parking Lot First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) also available. Call 250 562 1394 Parking is available in the BC Cancer main lot Provides assistance with non-local travel costs https://www.bctransit.com/prince-george/ $2.00/day, payable at parking meter against the to B.C. residents who have “status” and are riderinfo/handydart registered with the BC Medical Services Plan. building. To park in the lot, a Patient Parking TR CARES Call 1 800 317 7878 Designation Card is required and must be www.fnha.ca/benefits/medical-transportation Free medical shuttle every Thursday from viewable on your dashboard. This card can Tumbler Ridge to Chetwynd to meet the be picked up from the main reception desk at Veterans Affairs Independence Program Northern Health Bus. Transportation is also Centre for the North. Funding provided to assist veterans with provided for Tumbler Ridge residents travelling Underground Garage transportation to medical appointments. to Dawson Creek, Fort St. John, and Grande Limited underground garage parking is available. Call 1 866 522 2122 Prairie for medical appointments. To park in the garage a Patient Parking https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/housing- Call 250 242 7444 Designation Card is required and must be and-home-life/help-at-home/veterans- https://nhconnections.ca/travel-alternatives/ viewable on your dashboard. This card can independence-program tumbler-ridge-tr-cares be picked up from the main reception desk at Eagle Transit LTD Centre for the North. Local service provider for passenger Street Parking transportation on Haida Gwaii. Two hour free street parking is available near Call 250 2559 4461 http://eagletransit.net/ the cancer centre. Read the signs carefully.