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Article: Kelly Lake hearing again.(health)
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- October 1, 2004
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Not much has changed in Kelly Lake since the CBC did a 1993 documentary exposing hard living conditions in their community and the lack of essential services, said Lyle Letendre, president of the Kelly Lake Metis Settlement Society. Except more Elders have passed and the people who remain are more disheartened.
Until Sept. 1, that is. For two days, the Kelly Lake Metis experienced a near miracle brought about by some people from Ontario and the only audiologist in northeastern British Columbia. For a few days the Metis had some hope that something good could happen.
Frances Thornton, the B.C. doctor, travelled from Fort St. John to Kelly Lake to test 72 ...