Representatives from the District of Squamish, Vancouver Coastal Health, the BC Centre for Palliative Care and the Squamish Hospice Society were on hand for the announcement. Squamish Hospice Society will receive $400,000 of the province’s $1 million to put toward four new hospice beds at Hilltop House. The province has also committed to cover operational costs associated with the beds, Sturdy added. “The province has committed to doubling hospice beds in B.C. over the next couple of years and the corridor is one of the areas… that has been a priority,” Sturdy said. The additional beds will be beneficial for the entire corridor, Whistler Mayor Nancy Wilhelm-Morden said. “This is something that has been on our radar for some time,” she said. “One of the things that these hospice beds will assist with is aging in place. That has been a priority here for some time.”