As Alberta reverts to more stringent restrictions in an effort to tame a spike in COVID-19 cases, one MLA says a regional approach to lockdowns would make more sense because not all areas are impacted equally by the virus. “We need a regional approach, a targeted approach that recognizes that a lot of regions are not having a huge impact from COVID. The targeted approach would also include protecting our vulnerable and our compromised,” Cypress-Medicine Hat MLA Drew Barnes told The Epoch Times. “We need an approach that recognizes how big Alberta is and the fact that there are challenges other than COVID,” Barnes said, adding that in his riding, after 14 months of restrictions, “we have a mental health, a spiritual health, a physical health, and an economic health crisis as challenging as the COVID crisis.” Barnes is one of 16 MLAs from the United Conservative Party (UCP) caucus …