Hello everyone! Welcome to March. We can’t wait for March to bring us spring weather with sunshine and warmer days!

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.

Oyen’s South Central High School is hosting the Southern Alberta Men’s Basketball Zone Championships…

So, apparently they’re calling for 10-15cm of snow tomorrow. Don’t get me wrong, the moisture is great. But the snow is coming with a nasty cold wind.

The Town of Oyen held an open house on the evening of March 1st at the Town Office to openly discuss and inform the public of the Oyen Industrial East Area Structure Plan.

Back in the lofty, pre-Justin Trudeau government days of 2014, back when oil was booming, pipelines were planned to east and west coasts, and Alberta and Saskatchewan were swimming in money…

In a world where information is readily available at our fingertips, it’s not uncommon for our inboxes to be inundated with newsletters from a variety of sources.

It’s time for the National Hockey League to get rid of the loser point. While it may help to keep lousy teams “above .500” and helps to tighten up the standings…

A defense attorney told his client, “I have good news and bad news. The bad news is the blood test came back, and your DNA is an exact match with that found at the crime scene.

There’s a form of torture that involves steadily dripping drops of water on a prisoner’s forehead. The drip drip drip primes the prisoner to eventually snap.

There was excitement at Big Country Hospital in Oyen when the staff in all departments, as well as the doctors welcomed the new director of the hospital, Shelaine Woods.

There’s an Alberta bumper sticker that reads: “Please God, let there be another oil boom. I promise not to piss it all away this time.”

Once passed, the Alberta Firearms Act will strengthen Alberta’s ability to regulate, administer, and advocate on behalf of firearms owners.

Through Bill C-11, the government is seeking to expand the mandate of the CRTC so that unelected bureaucrats will have the power to define and regulate…

The February break was a cold one! Most of the week was around the -25 to -30 mark. This week has been a bit warmer, today they’re calling for a high of plus 2.

With roughly just two weeks to go until spring breakup, there were 39 active drilling rigs working in Saskatchewan on March 1.

In November, Alberta Agriculture Inspections and Investigation Section (IIS), RCMP Livestock Investigative Unit (LIU) and Wheatland County received complaints…

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is launching a legal challenge with the Office of the Information Commissioner to force the government to disclose who stayed in the $6,000-per-night luxury hotel…

Forty days and forty nights of fasting, alms and prayers. That’s Lent, in a nutshell. It starts with Fat Tuesday, Mardi Gras, where we take the opportunity to do it up big tonight…

CARA is excited to bring back MASH – our Soil Health Mini-Conference! The conference was last held in 2019 but covid restrictions delayed plans for the next one.