The District of Saanich closed all Rec. Centres including Cedar Hill Arts and Rec Centre as announced on the Saanich website on March 23rd, 2020 to reduce the transmission of Coronavirus. More recently, people walking in the Park will have noticed closure of all access to the building and parking lot including the lower pedestrian bridge. One can still walk past the back of the Rec Centre on the Chip Trail.
As reported in Saanich News on April 8th, Island Health has taken over the CH Rec Centre as an ‘assessment clinic’ for people who have been referred by Island Health “for people who have more mild COVID symptoms but are not sick enough to attend the emergency department”. The facility is one of a number of assessment clinics in Victoria that operate as referral-only facilities. For information as to how to care for yourself if you develop symptoms visit Healthlinkbc.ca or to self access go to bc.thrive.health.
The community had until March 11 to provide any further input and feedback to the most recent draft of the 