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Penton: Jets’ downward slide shocks ’Peg fans
Sports The Oyen Echo 1/26/26 Sports The Oyen Echo 1/26/26

Penton: Jets’ downward slide shocks ’Peg fans

Winnipeg Jets fans got quite a shock in January when an 11-game winless streak during the middle of what had been a mediocre National Hockey League season dumped the Jets into 32nd…

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Penton: Jays having championship-style off-season
Sports The Oyen Echo 1/19/26 Sports The Oyen Echo 1/19/26

Penton: Jays having championship-style off-season

Mid-January is not normally the time of year for baseball-related sports columns, but what the Toronto Blue Jays are doing this off-season can’t wait for spring.

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Dodsland and area rallies to rebuild Sports Centre
News, Sports The Oyen Echo 1/12/26 News, Sports The Oyen Echo 1/12/26

Dodsland and area rallies to rebuild Sports Centre

Dodsland and surrounding communities have launched a major fundraising initiative to construct a new, modern, and safe facility after a devastating fire destroyed…

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Penton: Olympic hockey team solid, but hardly perfect
Sports The Oyen Echo 1/12/26 Sports The Oyen Echo 1/12/26

Penton: Olympic hockey team solid, but hardly perfect

When Team Canada announced last summer its six locked-in player selections for this country’s entry in the Olympic Games, one of the choices today stands out as a pretty big mistake.

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Penton: Among 2026 winners: Rory, Avs and Riders
Sports The Oyen Echo 1/5/26 Sports The Oyen Echo 1/5/26

Penton: Among 2026 winners: Rory, Avs and Riders

Almost guaranteed to happen in 2026: January — National Football League playoffs occupy the weekend spotlights this month…

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Penton: Looking back at the best from 2025 (Part 2)
Sports The Oyen Echo 1/5/26 Sports The Oyen Echo 1/5/26

Penton: Looking back at the best from 2025 (Part 2)

The best of 2025’s notes, quotes and anecdotes (Part 2 — July through December)…

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Penton: Looking back at the best from 2025
Sports The Oyen Echo 12/22/25 Sports The Oyen Echo 12/22/25

Penton: Looking back at the best from 2025

The best quips, quotes and anecdotes from January through June, 2025 (Part 1).

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Michael Noah Smigelski 3rd Annual Basketball Tournament
Sports, News The Oyen Echo 12/17/25 Sports, News The Oyen Echo 12/17/25

Michael Noah Smigelski 3rd Annual Basketball Tournament

Michael Noah Smigelski peacefully entered heaven on March 20, 2023. He was born in Medicine Hat, Alta., on March 11, 2003, the only son of Neil and Anne Marie Smigelski…

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Penton: Recognizing Canada’s best in 2025
Sports The Oyen Echo 12/15/25 Sports The Oyen Echo 12/15/25

Penton: Recognizing Canada’s best in 2025

It’s been a great year for Canadians on the world’s athletic stages. As 2025 winds down, it’s time for the year-end awards in the top three categories — male and female athlete and top team.

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Penton: Young superstars belong on Olympic team
Sports The Oyen Echo 12/8/25 Sports The Oyen Echo 12/8/25

Penton: Young superstars belong on Olympic team

In hockey-mad Canada, fans spend their time watching hockey, thinking about hockey, talking about hockey and mentally planning Canada’s roster for the 2026 Olympic Games in Italy.

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Penton: Would McKenna spark a Flames’ revival?
Sports The Oyen Echo 12/1/25 Sports The Oyen Echo 12/1/25

Penton: Would McKenna spark a Flames’ revival?

The big prize in next summer’s National Hockey League amateur draft is expected to be Gavin McKenna, the pride of Whitehorse, Yukon, a former Medicine Hat Tiger superstar…

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Penton: Harris, Ouellette key to Riders’ Cup victory
Sports The Oyen Echo 11/24/25 Sports The Oyen Echo 11/24/25

Penton: Harris, Ouellette key to Riders’ Cup victory

Now, just like the rabid fan base that lives and dies with the Saskatchewan Roughriders, Canadian Football League fans across the land are green — with envy.

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Investing $7M to boost sport and recreation infrastructure
Provincial, Sports The Oyen Echo 11/19/25 Provincial, Sports The Oyen Echo 11/19/25

Investing $7M to boost sport and recreation infrastructure

Alberta’s government is investing $7 million to support sport and recreation infrastructure projects across the province, officials announced Wednesday.

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Penton: Gambling advertising getting out of control
Sports The Oyen Echo 11/17/25 Sports The Oyen Echo 11/17/25

Penton: Gambling advertising getting out of control

Data about cigarettes causing cancer eventually resulted in tobacco advertisements being banned from print and electronic media, but will the data about lives being ruined…

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Penton: So close, but no Series’ title, for Blue Jays
Sports The Oyen Echo 11/10/25 Sports The Oyen Echo 11/10/25

Penton: So close, but no Series’ title, for Blue Jays

If this year's World Series could be narrowed down to a simple ‘Who killed the Toronto Blue Jays?’, let’s get right to the point and play a sports version of Clue.

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Halloween-themed Gymkhana draws lots of entries
Sports The Oyen Echo 11/5/25 Sports The Oyen Echo 11/5/25

Halloween-themed Gymkhana draws lots of entries

Sunday, October 26, was the first day of the Winter Series Gymkhana held at the Crossroads Centre in Oyen. Fifty-five people of all ages come out for a day of Halloween dress-up with their horses…

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Penton: Canada’s best ever, Brad Gushue, to retire
Sports The Oyen Echo 11/3/25 Sports The Oyen Echo 11/3/25

Penton: Canada’s best ever, Brad Gushue, to retire

Curling in Canada through the years has been dominated by players from Manitoba, Alberta, Ontario and Saskatchewan, but No. 1 on the all-time list of Canadian greats is from St. John’s, NL.

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Oyen and District Curling Club gears up for 2025-26 season
Sports The Oyen Echo 10/29/25 Sports The Oyen Echo 10/29/25

Oyen and District Curling Club gears up for 2025-26 season

The Oyen and District Curling Club is preparing to launch its 2025-26 season this November, running through the end of February.

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Penton: New stats flood world of baseball
Sports The Oyen Echo 10/27/25 Sports The Oyen Echo 10/27/25

Penton: New stats flood world of baseball

Baseball statistics are getting ridiculous. Every day, it seems, some analytical expert delivers a new statistical category that, ultimately, will probably result in fans learning…

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Penton: McDavid contract a great deal for Oilers
Sports The Oyen Echo 10/20/25 Sports The Oyen Echo 10/20/25

Penton: McDavid contract a great deal for Oilers

Connor McDavid could have asked for the moon, and Edmonton Oilers’ owner Daryl Katz would have somehow arranged to have it pulled from the sky.

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