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After a couple of surprising upsets in the preliminary rounds, including the No. 1 seed Detroit Lions falling in the first round, the Super Bowl matchup for this Sunday in New Orleans is a sports fan’s dream.

My brother Doug is doing his morning word search exercises. He also moves his eyes along a wall chart image of a clock, then zigzags a pencil across a page, connecting letters to numbers.

Canadian comedian Rick Mercer created a funny skit years ago about Canada’s 7-day weather forecast promising +1 temperatures.

Alaskan Blackout & The Wrong Rancher / by: Joanne Rock, Consider Me / by: Becka Mack, The Corsican Shadow / by: Dirk Cussler…

EDMONTON - From Jan. 20 -24, 2025, your Alberta RCMP, along with law enforcement agencies across the province, participated in Operation Cold Start.

Alberta’s government is making changes to the governance of Alberta Health Services as work continues to refocus the health care system…

Alberta’s government is unveiling a new policy toolkit to accelerate simple permit approvals, reinforcing its commitment to cutting red tape.

Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Services Mike Ellis and Minister of Justice and Attorney General Mickey Amery released the following statement on Alberta’s swift and unequivocal action…

EDMONTON - In the wake of the January 30th announcement by the Alberta government of $15-a-day child care rates to take effect in April, a timely new report…

BINDLOSS – The Oyen RCMP has informed the community that the individual involved in the recent hit-and-run investigation has come forward to the detachment.

Congratulations to Luke Caskey, who was the recipient of the $600 scholarship that was given by the family of the late Michael Smigelski…

Hello, everyone. Thank goodness the deep-freeze weather didn't last too long. But this is only January, so more is still possible to come in the next couple of months.

Grade 6 students from Oyen Public School had a fantastic time visiting residents at the Auxiliary last week for Bell Let's Talk Day!

OYEN – The Community Foundation of Southeastern Alberta (CFSEA) is grateful to have received a generous donation of $100,000 from the Special Areas Board.

We are happy to announce that we now have a copy of local author Del Pratt's latest book, Hatcher's Legacy, available to borrow!

With much regret, I am informing Echo readers that I can no longer write archived, history-related weekly columns as I have done for the last ten months – and previously for many years.

Last week at the Alberta RCMP headquarters in Edmonton, the Alberta RCMP hosted Crime Stoppers Alberta as they announced their new Rural Sign Campaign.

Loneliness is the feeling of being isolated or alone. It comes from a gap between the relationships you have and the ones you need or want.