COVID-19

A staff member of the Spray Lake Sawmills Family Sports Centre has tested positive for COVID-19.

“We’re still in the infantile stages of planning. We’re kind of trying to wait it out and see where to spend our energy."

“They’re working so hard. It’s a lot more of an effort behind the scenes for them. For me, I’m so proud of what our team has been doing."

“They’re working so hard. It’s a lot more of an effort behind the scenes for them. For me, I’m so proud of what our team has been doing."

“I think everybody spent too much time in the wintertime not going anywhere and we’ve had a very good reaction since we opened on April 8. We’ve already hit two or three days that, in the 43 I’ve been in the golf business I haven’t quite seen that many people playing in mid-April."

“COVID-19 is unpredictable— With all of the variant strains that have emerged from the original COVID-19 make it hard to say,” Szumlas said. “I’m hopeful that this is just a two-week circuit breaker, but will need to rely on professionals to let us know if this should continue or not.”

“COVID certainly has a strong hold on us here in the valley and we have to do everything we can to shake it loose.”

“Being a public library and having a wealth of materials available, even if the service model looks a little different, I think that’s really huge, especially during a global pandemic when things are really stressful."

The town of Cochrane currently sits at 145 active cases, and has recorded 574 cases in total. Two people have died, and 427 have recovered from the disease.

“We’re very hopeful that in September, which is many months away, things will be under control, and things will be back to normal a little bit more, and that includes us playing regular football, contact football. We’re gearing up for that”