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One Country, From Far and Wide
Commentary The Oyen Echo 7/1/26 Commentary The Oyen Echo 7/1/26

One Country, From Far and Wide

Canada is our home, and there is nowhere quite like it. From Moresby Island in the west to Bonavista in the east, to right here in East Central Alberta, every part of our country…

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EDITORIAL: Despite challenges, News Media in Canada remains a massive economic driver
Commentary The Oyen Echo 7/1/26 Commentary The Oyen Echo 7/1/26

EDITORIAL: Despite challenges, News Media in Canada remains a massive economic driver

Let’s talk news by the numbers. News Media Canada released a presentation this spring that put into perspective the impact that news media still has in Canada.

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Editorial Cartoon: Happy Canada Day!
Commentary The Oyen Echo 7/1/26 Commentary The Oyen Echo 7/1/26

Editorial Cartoon: Happy Canada Day!

Happy Canada Day! Grab a burger and celebrate. Canada is known for our beef. We feed over 3 million cattle each year and produce over 3 billion pounds of beef every year.

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Just A Gal From Glidden: Six years and counting
Commentary The Oyen Echo 6/29/26 Commentary The Oyen Echo 6/29/26

Just A Gal From Glidden: Six years and counting

Six years ago this July, Your West Central Voice rolled off the press for the first time. I was living in a furnished condo with our youngest child. The newspaper was running out of a tiny 10-by-10-foot office.

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Check It Out: Those who can't learn from history are doomed to repeat it
Commentary The Oyen Echo 6/29/26 Commentary The Oyen Echo 6/29/26

Check It Out: Those who can't learn from history are doomed to repeat it

Winston Churchill once said, "Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it." He experienced what we are now witnessing in our own country.

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Remembering When: The coolest car in the world
Commentary The Oyen Echo 6/29/26 Commentary The Oyen Echo 6/29/26

Remembering When: The coolest car in the world

One early summer evening when I was very young, I accompanied my father on a trip to a local marina to drop off his chainsaw for repair.

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Comics: Art Class
Commentary The Oyen Echo 6/29/26 Commentary The Oyen Echo 6/29/26

Comics: Art Class

Enjoy this week’s comic strips and have a laugh!

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Not just big city problems
Commentary The Oyen Echo 6/24/26 Commentary The Oyen Echo 6/24/26

Not just big city problems

After over a decade of inflationary Liberal credit card budgets, growth-killing regulations and government waste, Canadians are paying the price.

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Just A Gal From Glidden: From the school bus to the warden's office
Commentary The Oyen Echo 6/22/26 Commentary The Oyen Echo 6/22/26

Just A Gal From Glidden: From the school bus to the warden's office

I'm reminiscing about graduation this week, and a remarkable coincidence was recently brought to my attention by one of our subscribers.

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Check It Out: How does the government love taxpayers? Let us count the ways
Commentary The Oyen Echo 6/22/26 Commentary The Oyen Echo 6/22/26

Check It Out: How does the government love taxpayers? Let us count the ways

My parody of the opening lines of Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s sonnet reads, “How does the government love taxpayers? Let us count the ways.”

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Editorial Cartoon: Game Changer!
Commentary The Oyen Echo 6/22/26 Commentary The Oyen Echo 6/22/26

Editorial Cartoon: Game Changer!

Enjoy this week’s editorial cartoon.

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Comics: New Football
Commentary The Oyen Echo 6/22/26 Commentary The Oyen Echo 6/22/26

Comics: New Football

Enjoy this week’s comic strips and have a laugh!

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A stronger Alberta within a united Canada
Commentary, Provincial The Oyen Echo 6/17/26 Commentary, Provincial The Oyen Echo 6/17/26

A stronger Alberta within a united Canada

Pierre Poilievre, Leader of His Majesty’s Loyal Opposition and the Conservative Party of Canada delivered a major national unity speech calling for a stronger Alberta within a united Canada.

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Just A Gal From Glidden: The boy who wanted to know everything
Commentary The Oyen Echo 6/15/26 Commentary The Oyen Echo 6/15/26

Just A Gal From Glidden: The boy who wanted to know everything

When things slowed down on Friday evening, my mind drifted back to trade shows from years ago. My first was in Shaunavon in 1993, where the local Kinsmen and Kinettes…

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Pop 89: Quilt Reading
Commentary The Oyen Echo 6/15/26 Commentary The Oyen Echo 6/15/26

Pop 89: Quilt Reading

These nights my sister and I fall asleep listening to the same sublime cd of 17th century lute music played by Jose Miguel Moreno.

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Remembering When: Stuff my dad said
Commentary The Oyen Echo 6/15/26 Commentary The Oyen Echo 6/15/26

Remembering When: Stuff my dad said

My late father was a common-sense country person who grew up on a farm. No one ever had to tell him "where the bear sits," if you know what I mean.

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Editorial Cartoon: Just Around The Corner
Commentary The Oyen Echo 6/15/26 Commentary The Oyen Echo 6/15/26

Editorial Cartoon: Just Around The Corner

Enjoy this week’s editorial cartoon.

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Comics: Not A Word
Commentary The Oyen Echo 6/15/26 Commentary The Oyen Echo 6/15/26

Comics: Not A Word

Enjoy this week’s comic strips and have a laugh!

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Check It Out: Today’s heroes were yesterday's villains
Commentary The Oyen Echo 6/15/26 Commentary The Oyen Echo 6/15/26

Check It Out: Today’s heroes were yesterday's villains

"Sometimes the people that are cast as villains in the moment end up becoming the heroes in history," MP Andrew Lawton recently said in an online interview.

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Just a gal from Glidden: She don’t like Pablo though
Commentary The Oyen Echo 6/8/26 Commentary The Oyen Echo 6/8/26

Just a gal from Glidden: She don’t like Pablo though

Something grabbed my attention this week as I was typing up upcoming community events. The Student Art Show 2026, featuring Grade 5 and 6 students from Kerrobert…

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