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“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).

"Since I started my online platforms just two week ago I have had almost daily Facetime and Zoom Meetings with my students and online community where we do daily check-ins on what everyone has been doing to keep busy, mini sharing sessions in the form of show-and-tells, we shared some dance moves, sang songs, read stories and most importantly helped the children and families feel a sense of community and routine in their lives."

“With increased testing, we will find more cases and that may bring new exposures at workplaces into view,” Alberta's Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw said. “This gives an opportunity to be sure that contact tracing and measures to prevent infection are put in place.”