A crowd of locals gathered at the Margaret Patrick Memorial Hall on Thursday, heard the long awaited news that the Lakes District Hospital replacement project was given the provincial thumbs up.
Amid loud applause and cheering, Health Minister Michael de Jong who arrived in Burns Lake to announce the project, said the procurement will begin this spring with construction expected to start in 2013 and be completed in 2015.
For more, see the Lakes District News on Wednesday April 18 2012.