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Community clinics fulfil vital health role

October 24th, 2014

Out on the hockey rink’s cement surface, a masked, blue-gowned veterinary student carefully unwraps a package of sterile surgery equipment. A veterinarian, also in surgical scrubs, gives her directions. Six identical tables are prepped and waiting for their feline and canine patients. Soon after, there’s a quiet flurry of activity as the weekend’s first wave of spay and neuter surgeries …

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La Ronge's community centre was transformed into a temporary surgery area during the spay-neuter clinic in early September. Photos: Christina Weese.