NON-FICTION: Laugh-out-loud jokes for kids. Dad jokes / by: Rob Elliot. FICTION: Blood Rubies / by: Mailan Doquang, Mind Games / by: Nora Roberts…

Today’s (May 20) drizzle and rains have stopped seeding operations that are well underway in the area. The recent rains have made the countryside so green and lush.

From May 17 - 20, your Alberta RCMP conducted enhanced traffic enforcement targeting impaired drivers.

A new Aging with Dignity funding agreement with the federal government will enhance Alberta’s continuing care transformation efforts to support Albertans as they age.

Grandson of Dwight and Wendy Meers and son of Candice and Jeffery MacDougall, Brock MacDougall has achieved a significant milestone in his hockey experience.

Big Country High School Rodeo Club hosted one of the seven weekends of Alberta High School Rodeo for District 2 held this spring.

As always, my column seems to report on illness and hospital stays. I'm sorry, but that's life.

Enjoy this week’s editorial cartoon.

Enjoy this week’s comic strips and have a laugh!

The future of the Alberta Junior Hockey League will have one of its biggest tests this off-season.

Well, it might not be as intriguing and dramatic as the television soap opera As The World Turns, but the Canadian curling scene continues to draw gasps of surprise…

Isn't a pilgrimage supposed to be religious? That's a question I got asked a lot when I talked about the life-changing historic walks I made…

The monument at the man's grave read: “Born 1940. Gave up smoking 1985. Gave up booze 1995. Gave up red meat 2000. Died anyway 2010”.

The Oyen Echo’s archives revealed an article celebrating the 75th birthday of the Sibbald Post Office. The post office’s 75th birthday was celebrated on Monday, March 9, 1987…

These are the 23 students who successfully completed the Canadian Red Cross Babysitter's Course held Saturday, May 11th,  2024.

With the permission of David McKinstry, Secretary Acadia 208, I would like to clarify a couple of points in the written article, “Acadia Branch #208 celebrates 65th anniversary”…

The Town of Oyen and the Special Areas Board were excited to host a Community Emergency Preparedness Day on May 6, 2023, in Oyen, AB.

NON-FICTION: What if you had an animal home? / by: Sandra Markle, Playing for Freedom : The journey of a young Afghan girl / by: Zarifa Adiba…

I hope all the moms had a wonderful Mother's Day weekend with family. All the ladies and some of the men enjoyed the wine and cheese party.

BCAS Farmers Market committee met on May 16 to make plans for the coming season.