A huge rift:’ COVID-19 response strains relationships in northern Alberta county – CHAT News Today
MACKENZIE COUNTY, ALBERTA — The mayor of High Level, a town in Alberta’s far northwest corner, says she has not spoken to the county government for several weeks.
“We’re not at each other’s throats, but it’s a very estranged relationship,” say Crystal McAteer.
“There is a fracture between us. We already had problems, but it’s come to the forefront in the last two years.”
Public health measures to try to curb the spread of COVID-19 have sown a stark divide in Mackenzie County, the least vaccinatedregion in Alberta.
