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“Albertans should feel proud of the collective work that we’ve done to prevent spread,” Hinshaw said. “We need to be a bit cautious especially because we do have several outbreaks that are happening right now where we see some significant case numbers— It’s possible in areas where we are having those outbreaks we could see increased demand for hospitalization.”

“Now we just need some warm, dry weather to melt all this snow and dry out the topsoil so we can pull in the field and go to work,” farmer Tim Harvie said.

“What we’re really trying to figure out is if we will be able to run our Cochrane Fair,” Justin Burwash Ag Society president said. “That’s the biggest event that we host in the year.”

“I think it’s so important that we have small businesses in our economy and I think that small business owners who can create a lifestyle that they want for themselves will help to essentially contribute to the overall happiness of the world,” new Cochrane and District Chamber President Kelly Sinclair said.

“Unfortunately, COVID-19 has no regard for other disasters that may come our way this year - and the two that we are actively preparing for at this moment are the for the flood season and for the wildfire season.” – Banff fire chief Silvio Adamo

Nearly half of all cases have recovered

“Our nurses are trained on PPE's. We do have a medical transport program and our drivers are trained on PPE's as well and if someone needed to be tested and has no transportation, we can always use our medical transportation vehicles to bring them to the health centre."

Autodialer enabled for Albertans to receive negative COVID-19 test results.

Get some space back in your garage by taking your bottles and cans to a Bottle Drive on Saturday (April 18).