Sign of the times: T & D Market Fresh Foods was putting up their new signage on Friday afternoon.

Canadian flags around Oyen are flying at half staff honouring the life of Prince Philip, 99, who died April 9, 2021. He and Queen Elizabeth had made more than 70 appearances in Canada between 1950 and 2013.

The southern prairies see greater than 2,400 hours of sunshine annually, compared to between 1,200 and 2,000 hours in the rest of Canada. It may not seem like it at times, but the prairies typically see some sunshine about 320 days every year.

In public policy terms, it’s called “generals fighting the last war.” It’s the doomed—if entirely understandable—default tactic of using the same strategies and weapons that won previous battles in an entirely new setting against a new foe.

Toronto Blue Jays are going to score a ton of runs in 2021, and get huge TV ratings because of their explosive lineup, but rules of baseball insist that manager Charlie Montoyo put his team out in the field on defence for nine innings every day.

This week’s joke goes like this ... “I find it hard to understand that people still don’t know how to correctly use ‘their’, ‘there’ and ‘they’re’. Their so stupid!”

The closure of TC Energy’s construction camp in Oyen took place in a short period of time, and all the workers disappeared with it. The camp and crew moved north of Fox Creek, Alberta to join another TC Energy project.

Calving has just begun. This is one of the first calves to arrive and it’s already hungry!

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I hope everyone had a nice Easter. I was treated to a few feasts over the course of the weekend. Included among them were a steak BBQ, a roasted chicken and a baked ham meal.

The kids are all back to school after a week off for Easter Break. We got to enjoy a little taste of all four seasons on our week off. That was quite the storm that left some residents without power for nearly 40 hours!

Hey, hockey fans, there’s another Connor Superstar lacing up his skates, ready to show up on your Hockey Night in Canada TV screens in oh, about four years.

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Secure jobs. Secure accountability. Secure mental health. Secure our country. Secure Canada’s economy. These Five points are the Conservative plan to move Canada past the COVID-19 pandemic.

Six bobble-headed judges came up with the conclusion that we have Global Warming and they figure Trudeau’s Carbon Tax will stop it.

What causes someone to use whatever influence they have to care for people who are less fortunate? Audrey Hepburn, whose career spanned the Golden Age of Hollywood, passed away nearly three decades ago, however her granddaughter continues to carry on her humanitarian efforts.

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Special Areas Advisory Council held their spring council meeting March 24 and 31, meeting virtually in recognition of current public health restrictions. Advisory Council discussed Special Areas 2020 financial performance, including uncollected tax levels.

In Canada, more than 80,000 cases of skin cancer are diagnosed every year.

Teen-years in a small town, now recognition nationally. Good fortune? Predictable? Or simply hard work? What would a retired professor of English Literature do to receive an award of this magnitude?