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2020 brought with it a global pandemic, but, even as the City of Wetaskiwin Council and Administration worked at keeping people safe, helping businesses stay afloat and run the City, there were moments of hope and progress.
During his annual State of the City address at the March 11 Leduc and Wetaskiwin Regional Chamber of Commerce meeting, held virtually, Wetaskiwin Mayor Tyler Gandam took participants for a walk down Memory Lane.
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“It has now been a full year since our community was first impacted by the virus, and I want to acknowledge anyone whose life was touched by loss since the pandemic started,” said Gandam. “Whether this loss was a result of COVID, or you were unable to attend the funeral of a loved one due to public health restrictions, this has not been an easy year.”
LETHBRIDGE The first test flight of an unmanned aircraft system, more commonly known as drones, at the Foremost UAS Test Range happened just over four years ago in 2017. Since then, they ve taken on clients of all types, ranging from forestry and agriculture to weapon s defense. Farmers use drones to track livestock and collect data while the military uses them as a means of surveillance among other things. However, before they re ready to be used in the field, they need to be tested and that s where the Foremost UAS Test Range comes in. There s over 700-square nautical miles, over 2,400 square kilometers, of airspace out here, said the range s safety manager, Steve Donovan. This particular area, it s pasture, it s grain land out here, so you re not concentrated with population in the County of Forty Mile, so it s a perfect environment for this research and development.”