KREW KUTS: Backroads to Front Pages
One of the memorable deaths of early pioneers in this district in 1965 was Mary Theresa Kuich. She passed away at age 82 in Oyen Municipal Hospital January 23.
Alberta RCMP Major Crimes Unit investigate homicide in Oyen
On September 17, 2024, at approximately 11:14 a.m., Oyen RCMP were dispatched to a location where clothing and other personal effects were located in a treeline along a rural road.
Penton: Royal Montreal in golf world’s spotlight
Canadian flags will be flapping all over Montreal this week as 24 of the world’s best golfers descend on Royal Montreal Golf Club for the President’s Cup.
SPORTS TALK: Ohtani and the Dodgers should be World Champs
Major League Baseball's 2024 postseason is just around the corner, and it was right to the end to clinch postseason spots for most of the playoff-bound clubs.
Pop 89: Twenty Minute Miracle
I’m sitting in a parking lot, facing the Island highway that leads north to Parksville, where I’ll be taking my brother to his next appointment.
Check It Out: Are the provinces responsible for Quebec’s asylum seekers?
A grandma was writing in her journal at the kitchen table while her ten-year-old grandson sat beside her, eating his cereal. He carefully watched his grandma for several minutes...
Letter to the editor: PROFILING AND APOLOGIZING
The Police in Nova Scotia issued an apology for profiling black people. I think everybody would agree that this wasn’t the right thing to do.
Progress on primary care compensation: Minister LaGrange
As Alberta’s health minister, I am committed to securing primary health care as the foundation of the entire health care system, and family physicians are fundamental to our plan.
Sky’s the limit with innovative aviation training investment
Alberta’s government is revolutionizing aviation training by supporting cutting-edge virtual reality technology.
Town of Oyen Library: Booknotes, Aug 30 - Sep 13
FICTION: Agnes Sharp and The Trip of a Lifetime / by: Leonie Swann, Finding You / by: Amy Clipston, Fleeing France : a WWII Novel of Sacrifice / by: Alan Hlad...
Bikers and hot rods raise money through Ride For Dylan
Although the bikers and hot rodders displayed their vehicles at the car show, they took a break and hit the highway for a rally, raising money from among their midst to add to the BCAS fundraiser.
Scholarship in memory of Dylan Goodine
"Do not think of me as gone I am with you still in each new dawn." These lines, included in the Service of Remembrance for Dylan Goodine, who passed on January 25, 2024...
KREW KUTS: Shows of History - Part II
As the caption on the front page of this newspaper underlines, “without a voice, there is no echo.” A phrase well chosen!
Two confirmed fatalities in single vehicle collision
CONSORT - At 1:06 a.m on Sunday, September 15, Coronation RCMP responded to a single vehicle motor vehicle collision on Township Road 353.
Oyen and District Seniors September Meeting
On September 4, seventeen people gathered for a delicious potluck supper before their first meeting since the end of May.
Meet the staff at New Brigden School
New Brigden School Staff (Left to Right) Jacalyn Poncelet (Principal and teacher Gr. 4/5/6), Lorrie Tye (Admin. Ass./EA)...
OYEN LODGE: No longer ‘A horse with no name’
Hello, everyone. It was nice to see some rain to perk everything up for fall; everything was getting dry and dusty.
Special Areas Fire Services assist with fire reduction efforts at CFB Suffield
Special Areas Fire Services and local fire departments were on hand earlier this month to assist CFB Suffield Fire Services with fire reduction efforts in the base.