Invermere Veterinary Hospital constructing new premises

Dr. Mark Zehnder, owner and operator, of the Invermere Veterinary Hospital has a new building under construction in the Columbia Valley. The premises will house his busy veterinarian practice and hospital for the region.

According to an article in the Columbia Valley Pioneer, Mark Zehnder is a long-time Invermere veterinarian, who was raised on a ranch in the Columbia Valley by Swiss-born parents, Fritz and Vreine.

After graduating from David Thompson Secondary School, Mark Zehnder, completed one year of studies at the University of Lethbridge and six years of study at the University of Saskatchewan, he graduated in 1989.

The new building is located just off Invermere’s busy Athalmer Road and is in a highly visible location. It is projected that the new facility will be open in the fall 2014.