The desire to move home to Deloraine was never far from McKinnon’s mind.

“I always wanted to come back. I love Deloraine, it’s my favourite place, and it’s where my family and friends are. Most of my good buddies are there.”

The initial plan was for McKinnon to begin working as a family physician in Prairie Mountain Health in the summer of 2024. This was fast tracked by one year.

“The PMH recruitment should be complimented. They did an awesome job making it easy to get to this point. I’ve been through three sets of recruitments and PMH by far was the best.”

Dr. McKinnon is excited to be working with Dr. Sharma, Dr. Thind and Dr. Nell. He will have clinic time in both Deloraine and Melita clinics and will be taking on-call at Deloraine.

As far as recreation, McKinnon says he might curl and hopes in the spring to make the cut for the Deloraine Royals senior ball team.

by JUDY WELLS, Recorder staff