A series of events in Oyen during 1958 offer insights into the science of demography (“demos” – people; “graphia” – description).

Michael and Marie Kulyk of Buffalo bought their winning ticket from Big Country Agricultural Society member Don Good.

Anyone who hung around Fred and me last year knew we often wore matching pressure stockings! Not the mundane colours.

This week, there has been both good and bad news. I wish the good news were more frequent. Congratulations to Marie Kulyk, who won the jackpot at Acadia Valley on March 2.

Each year, more than 4,000 Canadians lose their lives to poison. The amount of yearly unintentional poisoning deaths is now rated higher than transport-related deaths in Canada.

Congratulations to Connor Maclean, son of Troy & Sherry Maclean, who was one of the Oyen & District Chamber of Commerce’s scholarship recipients!

Fred Beynon, Scholarship Committee Chairman and President of The Oyen Lions Club, was proud to present three $1000 scholarships recently to ambitious students from the area.

Newspapers in Education Week is celebrated every year during the first full week of March and this year it will be marked from March 4 to 8, 2024.

I received this text last week and at first thought it was legitimate as I receive e-transfers for the business all of the time.

The third annual National Youth Climate Activism Award launched last month and is now accepting applications from youth in the climate activism space across the country.

March is nutrition month, and there is no better time to highlight how dietitians can work as your partner to improve your health through nutrition.

Last week Ms Chloe Herman was the recipient of the Christian Witness Award. Ms Herman teaches Grades 3 and 4 at Assumption Roman Catholic elementary school in Oyen.

Wednesday night, I enjoyed a telephone visit with Lauretta Thygesen of Calgary. This former Oyenite, who will celebrate her 98th birthday on May 14…

Each week, more than 28 million newspapers are distributed across Canada.

Across Alberta there are options available to get the care you need when you need it. Yet when in the throes of a medical event, illness or injury, knowing where to start…

After graduating from South Central High School, Oyen in 2022, Nicole Bodnaruk, headed off that fall to the University of Alberta in Edmonton…

Last fall, Hannah Wagstaff, a 2023 graduate of South Central High School in Oyen, enrolled in her first year of a four-year Bachelor of Agriculture and Bioresources program…

On February 17 and 18 the annual Crossroads Beef Expo took place. Clark Huston and Jerilyn Norris entertained the crowds with their singing and playing on Saturday.

Fraudulent activity targeting ATCO Electric customers via the phone has increased in recent weeks. These scammers are calling customers directly and posing as ATCO representatives…

ATCO executed a planned power outage on February 21 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Because many Main Street businesses chose to close their doors during that time…