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“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.”

LIONS CLUB DONATES $4,000 TO FRONT-LINE WORKERS The Cochrane Lions Club is donating $4,000 to support front-line care centre workers for their heroic efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Latest stats show 3,552 people have now recovered, 333 of them in the past 24 hours.

“I knew the feeling that they were going to be experiencing being isolated,” artist MJ Stead said. “I thought, ‘I know what I can do to maybe help those kids out.’”