
Southern vet travelling to La Ronge making an impact on northern pet care
A passion to help animals in need has brought one southern Saskatchewan veterinarian to the North to provide a critical health service in short supply.
Dr. Mike Evenson, who owns Northeast Veterinarian Services in Tisdale, has made the 375-kilometre journey to La Ronge twice in July. During those two visits, he has been able to provide services to approximately 60 animals in need of treatment for ear mites and infections, wounds, skins conditions, urinary tract infections, tooth extractions and euthanasia.
Evenson, who travels to La Ronge with an intern, has also been able to provide vaccinations that no trained residents can provide for issues like rabies and kennel cough prevention.
“We had a client from there that … was coming all the way to Tisdale and saying they didn’t have a lot of veterinary services, and it was kind of through her he got going there,” said Evenson’s wife, Dr. Karen Sigfrid, who agreed to be interviewed because her husband is so busy.