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Hello, everyone. It’s that time of year where the nights are getting a lot colder, and the furnaces are starting up.

Breast Cancer Awareness Month is underway. If you’re 45-74 years of age, it’s a great time to check that breast cancer screening is part of your regular health routine.

Fire Prevention Week 2024, with the theme “Smoke Alarms: Make Them Work For You!”, focuses on educating the public about the importance of having functional smoke alarms in the home.

It's National Fire Prevention Week 2024! Meet the firefighters from Oyen, Acadia Valley, Buffalo, and Cereal. Thanks to all the firefighters for the work you do!

This Fire Prevention Week, we’re focusing on one of the most crucial tools in fire safety: Smoke Detectors.

Here is a snapshot of Oyen Fire Department calls and events to date for 2024. Calls were down slightly on the 3 year average but things can change rapidly.

Fire blankets are crucial tools in fire safety kits, and it’s essential to understand how to use them for effective fire prevention and management.

Fire Prevention Week (FPW) is from October 6 to 12, and this year’s theme is “Smoke alarms: Make them work for you!™.”

Preventing garage fires is vital for home safety, as this area often houses flammable materials and potential ignition sources.

Find six differences in these two images. Scroll down the page for the answers. Don't cheat! Have fun!

Print this image, get out your crayons, and liven up this action-packed scene!

When did we first begin to say that fires so essential to human existence needed to be “prevented”? The first reference to “fire prevention” in my quick search of Canadian newspapers...

Enjoy this week’s editorial cartoon.

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

The happiest guy on the eve of the 2024-25 National Hockey League season might just be Jeff Skinner.

Substitute bus drivers are needed through Prairie Rose Public Schools (PRPS) for extracurricular activities and field trips during school days and on weekends...

Like a good perogy meal from your Grandma, good things come to those who wait. With a 7-game losing streak, the guys in Green are winning ugly, and sometimes a little dirty.

Sitting at a window table, watching evening fall in Melange, a cozy bistro in old Nanaimo, we celebrate our sister’s birthday over a fancy dinner.

A young man relayed the following story. “My grandpa warned people the Titanic would sink, and no one listened. He kept warning them until they got sick of it and kicked him out of the theatre.”