Rodd Zawacky could not believe his eyes when he scratched his $5 CROSSWORD 2X 3X ZING ticket and uncovered a $100,000 prize.

Thanks to a collaboration between the Royal Canadian Legion Poppy Fund and the Oyen & District Health Care Foundation, the Big Country Hospital LTC Unit is the grateful recipient of a new Stryker Bed.

On June 15th, the Oyen Daycare held a community BBQ in Cereal. We were able to meet and visit with families and the surrounding community members. We served hot dogs, hamburgers, chips and a pop.

Kindersley RCMP were kept busy this past week with an armed robbery that was reported to them on Monday June 7th at the Dodsland Credit Union and a fatal collision that happened in the Town of Kindersley on Wednesday June 9th.

Tragedy unfolded on Saturday, June 12 for the Saskatchewan RCMP.

Tragedy unfolded early this morning for our Saskatchewan RCMP family.

Kudos to those who finally perfected their rain dance! You got it right on June 10. Reports say we may have gotten as much as an inch and a half. It started as gentle rain, no wind, dark skies, a crack or two of lightning and some thunder.

Mother Nature filled my order for rain last week. We had two rain and hailstorms just a few days apart. Today’s storm brought around an inch of rain and hail in short order.

UG Excavating Contracting Services laying forms for concrete at the parking area north of the Town of Oyen office Wednesday.

A year ago, Maxine Williams-Herbert expanded her business at Three Hills, Alberta, to include services at Hanna, Alberta. Her company, Maximum Hearing’s Hanna office, is open every Thursday and Friday.

KINDERSLEY, SK – Great Plains College is pleased to announce the addition of an Educational Assistant (EA) program to its Kindersley Campus offerings. The part-time certificate program is set to begin in January 2022.

Learn about the 2021 graduates of SCHS.

Twenty-three young people will be receiving graduation diplomas at the 2021 graduation at South Central High School (SCHS) in Oyen, Alberta.

According to a South Central High School (SCHS) Facebook post, Prairie Rose Public Schools in the north (including SCHS and New Brigden) are looking at developing a program that would allow students the opportunity to learn and train in different rodeo events.

A well-known former New Brigden resident has received a prestigious honour. Shirley McClellan was inducted into the Prairie Baseball Academy (PBA) Hall of Fame in the Builder/Community Leader category for the class of 2021.

Western Canada’s newly minted federal political champion, the Maverick Party, is reporting steady growth in establishing new Electoral District Association Boards in the West’s federal ridings.

Perennial Southwest Saskatchewan newspaper publisher Kate Winquist could always feel something calling her back to her roots.

Special Areas Parks is looking forward to another very busy camping season. After seeing unprecedented demand and visitors in 2020, Special Areas is expecting another very busy summer.

Congratulations to The Bindloss 4-H Club on a job well done with their food bank drive!

I listened in on a Special Meeting of Town Council by zoom today, May 6, that dealt with the 2021 town budget and capital budget. A bylaw was given first, second and final reading and passed setting the Municipal mill rate at 14.8744, a little higher than last year which was 14.0624.