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“The community must have an appetite, as I do, for events this summer,” Kroffat said. “The reality is the vaccines are going to build up momentum in distribution if we’re just patient I believe … I think by the end of March into April we’re going to find we’re in a better, different place— Optimism is the fuel to drive us to the finish line.”

A $136-million job training program expected to help Albertans find work, upgrade skills while province promises "thousands" of new jobs

 “If we follow this path, we're going to get into an existential crisis as it relates to rural municipalities.”

Five teens were taken to various area hospitals following a collision that resulted in a vehicle fire just east of Cochrane High School.

Cochrane Minor Hockey has cancelled the remainder of the season after considering its options following the easements of public health guidelines.

Alberta's 2021-22 budget includes an extra $40 million to Learning Support Funding, an envelope that includes PUF and numerous other grants.

"It's not only that sign that I'm kind of concerned with, it's these other signs that are out there," Quillian said. "Right now, if you look at the signs ... You just can't see it from the driver's perspective that you're not supposed to park within five metres."

“They did amazing stuff,” Smeeton said. “They did really astonishing veterinary work. They made him essentially an extra bone to fix where his bones were all shattered.”

The province provided an accounting on Feb. 25 of health-related COVID-19 spending and pledged to increase total health spending by about $900 million, or four per cent.

The province is bumping up capital funding this year, but the following two years will bring cuts of 44 per cent to expected municipal capital funding.