The candidates for the Drumheller-Stettler riding are hitting the pavement and pushing for your vote in the May 29th, 2023, provincial election.

If you were born before 1990, your childhood looked a lot different than children today. You most likely remember being outside, in an unstructured setting, having the freedom to experiment with movement skills.

We’ve had some lovely spring weather this past week. Not quite as hot as last week. We even had a few spotty showers roll through town as well.

The Oyen & District Chamber of Commerce recently presented the Oyen Daycare Society with a cheque in the amount of $2,500 to assist in their efforts…

The community of Oyen has created a new volunteer position, and are actively searching for a suitable candidate to fill the role.

Forget Spring! Let’s just dive right into Summer! The temperatures this past week were anywhere from plus 20 to plus 30 degrees.

Christ The Redeemer (CTR) Catholic Schools announced the appointment of its new Superintendent, Mrs. Andrea Holowka.

Alberta’s Chief Electoral Officer, Glen Resler, confirms that Writs were issued today to administer elections across Alberta.

In 1988, the Oyen Kinsmen Club and the Oyen Lions Club purchased a 1988 Ford 12-passenger modified school bus.

Special Areas Advisory Council held their spring council meeting on March 30 and 31 in Hanna. Advisory Council’s first meeting of the year, the group reviewed planned 2023 projects…

The Special Areas Board, along with the Town of Oyen and the MD of Acadia, are working to support restoration of 24-hour air ambulance services in Oyen, AB.

Screen Test is a free service provided by Alberta Health Services that offers screening mammograms. Our mobile screening units travel to 121 communities throughout Alberta…

Chanelle Pitre, Kelsie Battrum and Justin Logan attended attended SCHS and graduated together in 2014. They wrote their CFE (a brutal 3 day exam) at the same time in September of 2022.

South Central High School and the whole Prairie Rose School Division are bringing a re-tooled Health Care Aide dual credit program to the district.

The Oyen Big Country Hospital emergency department (ED) returned to 24-hour service on Friday, April 7, 2023.

As promised at the January 12 community conversation regarding the temporary closure of the Big Country Hospital in Oyen, we would like to provide the community with this update.

So, yesterday morning it was -19! It most certainly does not feel like spring! The long-term forecast shows that we should see some positive double digits by next week.

Time to talk about a cough that is NOT caused by coronaviruses! Have you heard of pertussis? It’s a bacterial infection and is sometimes called the 100-day cough or whooping cough.

During February break, Fred Beynon from the Oyen Lions Club was proud to present Ryley Dziatkewich with a $1000 scholarship to go towards her post secondary pursuits.

The buzz word for the past couple years has been ‘self care’, which is defined in the Oxford Dictionary as…