Residents and local leaders say friendships have ended, arguments have erupted in shops, and government projects have been unable to move forward amid disagreements over masking, vaccines and other pandemic responses.

“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.

Residents and local leaders say friendships have ended, arguments have erupted in shops, and government projects have been unable to move forward amid disagreements over masking, vaccines and other pandemic responses.”

https://www.thestar.com/politics/2022/04/10/a-huge-rift-covid-19-response-strains-relationships-in-northern-alberta-county.html