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Cowichan’s new hospital celebrates name, construction progress
November 13, 2025
Cowichan’s new hospital celebrates name, construction progress

As part of ongoing work to incorporate Indigenous perspectives into healing, the new Cowichan hospital will carry a Hul’q’umi’num’ and English dual name. The new name will be Quw’utsun Valley Hospital/Quw’utsun Hulitun-ew’t-hw.

Read the news release here

Land Acknowledgement
The CVRD is in the ancestral and unceded territories of First Nations including (but not limited to) Quw'utsun (Cowichan Tribes), MÁLEXEŁ (Malahat), BOḰEĆEN (Pauquachin), c̓uubaʕsaʔtx̣ (Ts'uubaa-asatx), xeláltxw (Halalt), Spune’luxutth (Penelakut), Stz'uminus, Leey’qsun (Lyackson), Diitiidʔaaʔtx̣ (Ditidaht) and P’a:chi:da?aht (Pacheedaht) Peoples. Local First Nations Peoples have stewarded the lands of this region since time immemorial. The CVRD is committed to the ongoing journey of reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in the region by strengthening cooperation, collaboration, and relationship building.