Drake Smith of the North Thompson Hospice House Society thanks MLA and Minister of Health Terry Lake on Saturday for $40,000 the government has given the society to conduct a feasibility study into locating a hospice in the Valley.
Smith, Lake and Clearwater mayor John Harwood (r) all agreed that such a facility would benefit people in end-of-life situations.
The society is separate from and different from Clearwater and District Hospice Society, which provides assistance to terminally ill patients and their families in the hospital.