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"The pandemic is still here. I don't believe there is going to be a post COVID. There's going to be our new normal - with COVID."

“I think this is a bit of a litmus test to see in one to two week’s time after the long weekend how this long weekend impacted the spread of the virus."

“Don’t be afraid to try new things— The worst-case scenario is something doesn’t work and you learn from it and you get to try something new next year.”

At the Monday (May 11) Cochrane Council meeting the Town discussed the cautious and staged reopening of the local economy, the land-use re-designation of the Greystone business area development.

“If you just start with a small corner of the yard and just one little bed you gain a bit of confidence and a bit of momentum to work up to doing your whole yard."

Alberta should know by late next week whether the first stage will bring a “sudden, sharp increase” in cases, Hinshaw said.

The story of Charles Wellington Fisher.

"Let’s build some digital highways and generate jobs— Let’s think about how we can better our community by basically jumping into this century.”

COCHRANE IN BRIEF, MAY 14