Help me to understand why otherwise intelligent people are choosing not to be vaccinated. I am so looking forward to the time when we can return to a semblance of normal life, and know that will happen sooner if everyone who is able, gets vaccinated.

A Prickly Poser! It’s not too often you get to see a porcupine up close. This adorable guy was found in the coulees southeast of Carmichael, SK.

Let us term what follows as “sanctified imagination.” In ecstasy I survey my surroundings. On my head rests a crown of victory, placed lovingly just now by my Saviour, Jesus Christ, and I am reveling in my new name just disclosed. (James 1:12; Revelation 3:12.)

The best in TV and film from your living room.

I awoke late the morning that I write this, perhaps delayed by a vivid dream. My family of siblings was assembled at mother’s place. I was busily occupied with cleaning up the living room. We had reverted to acting like kids again.

A ballplayer knows he’s in fairly select company when an admiring opponent says it’s fun to watch a “franchise superstar at work.”

A TV show called “Faytene” has been receiving tons of emails and phone calls from people who have tough stories to tell and are desperate to find someone to advocate on their behalf.

With Mother’s Day just behind us, I mused about how the role of mothers has changed during the past number of decades? Two senior ladies were willing to share their memories of how their mothers coped while raising children during the Dirty Thirties on the prairies.

I listened in on a Special Meeting of Town Council by zoom today, May 6, that dealt with the 2021 town budget and capital budget. A bylaw was given first, second and final reading and passed setting the Municipal mill rate at 14.8744, a little higher than last year which was 14.0624.

The meeting pertaining to the proposed closing of the New Brigden School has been posted. At a Special Board Meeting on May 5, the Board of Trustees decided to postpone the community consultation process on the notice of motion for the closure of New Brigden School.

A couple of visitors in the backyard of Oyen resident, Kim Walker on Monday, May 3. Thanks for the great submission, Kim!

I have been an Oyen Echo subscriber for many years, I am unsure of the exact date my subscription expires. I have enclosed payment for myself and my mother Shirley Vanstone (93 yr). She is a resident in the Oyen Seniors Lodge.

Unbelievable that the Human Race could screw up such a country as we have. We have the most “Milk and Honey” of any country in the world, but we have been screwed up by politicians and greedy corporate corruption.

It’s been a warm and windy week here. The grass is starting to turn green, and the gophers seem to be out in full force. Farming season is almost in full swing. Be on the lookout for slow-moving farming equipment on highways and backroads.

Enjoy these photos of the Acadia Valley Equine Program.

We think that the last snowflake has fallen, so it is time once again to start thinking about the Farmer’s Market.

Gage Lemare is one of the lucky recipients of the 2020 Lions’ Scholarships. He is very excited to be pursuing a career in aviation. He remarked that this money will help him reach his dream of becoming a commercial pilot.

New Brigden residents were alarmed by the news they received from the public board meeting held on April 13, 2021. At that time, the Board of Trustees passed a notice of motion for the closure of the New Brigden School.

The Leader Lions Club is excited about their Online Facebook auction that began on Saturday, May 1 and continues until May 21. Lions member Dustin Heatcoat explained how the fundraiser got off the ground.

Sports fans in Europe obviously carry much more influence than their counterparts in North America.