First responders, frontline workers, essential workers, emergency personnel. These are the common terms used to describe paramedics, firefighters, police, officers, doctors, nurses, and anyone responding to emergencies of any sort. I choose to call them heroes.

During these tumultuous times, we have witnessed or read about our heroes' dedicated efforts, coming to the rescue of someone we know. Between Covid, erratic weather conditions, heat waves and limited resources available to them, they have persevered, and done well to ensure that the lives of the people around them, were as comfortable, safe, stable, and peaceful as best they could.

On behalf of Two Hills Regional Chronicle, our family, and our readers, I want to salute every hero. Thank you, hero, for your time, energy, patience, and assistance. To our heroes’ respective families, thank you for sharing your loved ones with us. Their availability and expertise, rain, snow or sunshine, day or night, weekends, public holidays, days of celebration or days of sadness, affords us the privilege of, not only a better quality of life, but a certain assurance that our families are safe, and in excellent hands, should the need arise. Your selfless acts of kindness and good deeds for the communities that you serve have not gone unnoticed.

God bless our heroes and the Two Hills Regional Chronicle salutes you