As we prepare to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ this Christmas season, I wish for renewal, hope, and joy to all who are reading this.

An active and involved Big Country Agricultural Society volunteer, Keldon is attending Lethbridge Polytechnic in the Civil Engineering Technology Diploma program.

Hello, everyone. Sorry, I missed the news last week - it is getting to be that busy time of the year. December 2-6th, we had some nice temperatures with the weather.

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It’s a good-news, bad-news scenario that Edmonton Oilers have the two highest-scoring team-mates in the National Hockey League.

Every year, we go from autumn to winter, from falling leaves to falling snow, in one night. And the first response is always: “We need the moisture.”

A parent of five children said every time he leaves the house to go on a trip with his kids, he gains a better understanding of how the McCallisters were able to forget Kevin in the movie “Home Alone.”

The library will be closed over the school break. Our last open day of the year will be Thursday December 19th and we will re-open on Tuesday January 7th.

The year 1937 began with the customary New Year’s Eve dance in Oyen - music provided by the Excel Orchestra while the OK Orchestra was entertaining at Cereal…

Communication is everywhere. It’s essential to every part of life, shaping how we connect with others and even how we understand ourselves.

In July of 2024, Drumheller RCMP General Investigation Section (GIS) officers initiated a drug trafficking investigation in and around the community of Drumheller.

Canada was able to finance the fighting of 2 World Wars, and I’m just wondering why we can’t fight a war on poverty the same way.

Please note the Jake Mathews concert in Buffalo has been rescheduled to a date early in 2025. Watch this column for further information. All tickets already purchased will be honoured.

When Chloe Proudfoot heard the Oyen & District Food Bank needed help, she said, “Let’s make posters!”

The Grade 5 & 6 class from Oyen Public School had an amazing time skating for gym this past week. The excitement was contagious…

It is no surprise that the first-born of Jerilyn and Greg Norris of Sibbald would follow in his family’s footsteps.

4-H Alberta is proud and thrilled to announce and celebrate the launch of generous and strong new funding from TD Bank Group.

On behalf of the Ladies Auxiliary, Royal Canadian Legion 208, Imogene Hauck (right) presents a bursary cheque to Bella Kovitch at the Remembrance Day celebration.

This is an ongoing summary of news events concerning the Gerard Peck family in 1936. Mrs. Annie Peck led prayers at the “World Day of Prayer” in Oyen in early March.

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The world of professional golf is set to undergo a major transformation within the next two years, as the two major governing bodies…

Hope has a checkered past, a sullied reputation. We’d like to trust hope, we raise it to dizzying heights, and then, so often, it falls.