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“A lot of these put their lives on the line every day for us but we maybe run the danger after a while of taking them for granted— I never want that to be the case with me.”

“It is encouraging to see these numbers coming down from last week because it means fewer people are experiencing severe outcomes from this virus. It means our health system has the capacity to handle potential additional COVID-19 cases if needed."

The Cochrane Jeepers will be hosting a food drive this Sunday for the Cochrane Activettes Food Bank.

“We’re slowly adjusting because besides the COVID we still have all of our regular duties to do,” said Cochrane Fire Services inspector Jeff Avery.

“Our members have been forced to be a little more flexible then what we normally would be,” Cochrane RCMP Cpl. Troy Savinkoff said. “We’re taking more precautions and we’re keeping social distancing.”

We need to follow the lead of the province's valiant front-line workers and do everything we can to help keep each other safe because we must begin to safely open our economy.

“I think the women in the group were very eager to join the group and meet other women because we’re all pretty independent,” said Rockyview Lady Rider founder Debbie Leah said. “To find a group of women who can all ban together and ride together— I think that is really cool.”