High River's Mayor is frustrated with the Province and how they're portraying the sudden outbreak of COVID-19 cases in the zone.

Craig Snodgrass says during the Province's daily rundown of the numbers earlier this week, he heard something that set him off.

"Dr. Hinshaw went on national TV the other night and told everybody in this province and everybody in this country that the issue in High River is being monitored by the municipality. That is 100 per cent completely false. I don't know where she's getting the information. But it's false."

Snodgrass says until just this morning (Wednesday, April 15), no one from the Health Ministry would return his calls.

"The problem is we cannot monitor these individuals because we don't know who they are. Because the Province won't give you those lists, they will not tell you who they are. So how are we supposed to be at all monitoring this?"

Snodgrass says the only conversations going on are at lower levels.

"Yes the bureaucrats are talking to our staff, but the only thing that's being relayed is exactly what's being said in press releases. The message of what's going on in High River is not getting to the right people. And I don't know what the problem is, but I'm working on it. And I will bust down every door until I get some action on this."

He says during his conversation he was told they're they'll take action, but he's not sure when or what form that action will take.

 

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