Hello everyone. The weather was beautiful again until our first day of spring, but the moisture is much needed. We started the week with exercises in the mornings, bingo and cards.

On Sunday, April 7, there will be a baby shower honouring David Douglas Ross White. The shower begins at 1 p.m. at the hall and guests are asked to please bring potluck snacks.

Regional projects worth more than $1.7 billion for everything from highway improvements to hospital and school upgrades made the highlight reel…

Thirteen members joined together on March 6 for one of the most delicious and varied pot luck meals of the current season.

We are delighted to receive an email from Rick Brunner of Granum, Alberta, regarding the demolition of the CN station. He fills in a few more gaps.

Roy Mayoh of Alsask (left) won Free Groceries for a Year at Oyen AG Foods. Employee Brad Dorscht, on behalf of owners Steve and Geena Kang…

Damien Kurek, MP Battle River-Crowfoot, held a Community Town Hall meeting in the Oyen Town Office on March 12 from 1 to 3 p.m.

Well hockey is winding down, the skating carnival is over but dance festivals are kicking into high gear. March and April weekends, and other times…

Hello everyone! Its been a beautiful week for weather. The snow is melting and there has been a bit of fog here and there.

Local Member of Parliament Damien C. Kurek continued his series of 2024 town halls this past week, visiting Empress, Oyen, Cereal, Wainwright, Killam and Alliance.

Hello everyone, a bit of a change at the Lodge: I, Dianne Spath, have taken over for Sara on her maternity leave.

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.