More than 80 people attended an Alberta Sovereignty meeting held March 3 at the Oyen Seniors Rec Centre. Guest speakers Kathy Flett, Chris Scott and Sheane Meikle shared perspectives…

The Fun League wrapped up for another season at the Oyen and District Curling Club, concluding 13 weeks of recreational curling that began in November.

Residents at the Oyen Lodge kept busy with a variety of activities during the first week of March. The week began Monday morning with exercises, followed by a one on one game of Scrabble.

The Big Country Agricultural Society wrapped up its Winter Gymkhana Series finals March 1 at the BCAS Crossroads Centre, capping a season that drew 56 members to compete…

Dorothy Lawson celebrated her 96th Birthday on February 13, 2026. It was held at the Extended Care, Oyen. Her daughter Rose, from Drayton Valley, brought a beautiful cake and flowers for her mom.

Since 2010, the Badlands Badgers have proudly called the Oyen diamond home. Generations of local athletes have grown up on these fields…

The Acadia Municipal Library is celebrating community involvement and new programming this month. Brian Hoffmann was the winner of the library’s “Love Your Library” draw.

Finding a primary care clinic, family doctor, nurse practitioner or registered midwife is now easier with the launch of the updated Alberta Find a Provider website.

March is Nutrition Month, and this year’s theme is Focus on Protein Foods. Protein is important for your body. It helps you make enzymes and hormones, build and repair tissues…

July 2, 1985. That date is burned into my memory. I had just turned 16 a month earlier and, yes, that was the historic day Katie Drummond got her driver’s licence. Freedom at last.

It’s time to admit it: The U.S. women’s hockey team is better than Canada’s. Even though an outstanding performance in the Olympics gold medal game gave Canada a good chance…

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Our late father loved and would do anything for his birds. He was kind to all the animals we ever had, but the wild birds that frequented the bird feeders outside our home…

The following quote by an American writer is appropriate for this week’s missive: “Learn all you can from the mistakes of others. You won’t have time to make them all yourself.”

Hello everyone. A few more days of winter — with snow and wind — greeted us again as we welcome March.

ADULT FICTION: Songbird of the Sorrows / by: Braidee Otto, Such A Clever Girl / by: Darby Kane, Imposter / by: L.J. Ross…

The New Brigden School may be small in student numbers, but they have a big heart. In February they wore PJs for a Purpose and raised funds for the Medicine Hat Health Foundation.

Recently, Bernie Krewski and Pat Siferd told me of Melvin Robert Fenske’s death in Edmonton on January 15, 2026, at the age of 94.

MEDICINE HAT — Nominations will open March 2 for the 2026 Southeastern Alberta Top 7 Over 70™ Awards, a biennial initiative recognizing individuals over the age of 70…

No detailed plan existed last week to help voters parse nine questions that challenge what it means to be an Albertan within Confederation.

In this article, we will endeavour to explain to the Echo’s readership why a group of Oyen citizens has lobbied the Oyen Town Council twice, requesting the amendment or repeal of Resolution C122 (06/16/25).

Alberta Municipalities (ABmunis) has decided to say the quiet part out loud: Albertans will pay more property tax this year because of the Government of Alberta's decisions, as presented in this budget.

Today’s world is so digitally connected, and yet many people feel less connected to their communities than in the past. Connection to community is about support and belonging…

Here in Battle River—Crowfoot, you already know how the Liberals’ reckless open borders policies have let more people into our country than we had homes and opportunities for.

Let’s face it. No one likes going to the dentist. Well… maybe the odd person. A very odd person. When I was little and it was time for a dental appointment, I was absolutely terrified.

In what will undoubtedly be a week-long celebration of the curling career of Brad Gushue, the 2026 Montana’s Brier will almost certainly crown a rink skipped by somebody else.

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Lent is a time for fasting, praying and the giving of alms. Many people, when they think of fasting, see it as a way to give up the foods they love in the portions they prefer…