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Editorial Cartoon: Trade Deal
Commentary The Oyen Echo 1/19/26 Commentary The Oyen Echo 1/19/26

Editorial Cartoon: Trade Deal

Enjoy this week’s editorial cartoon.

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Comics: Expectations
Commentary The Oyen Echo 1/19/26 Commentary The Oyen Echo 1/19/26

Comics: Expectations

Enjoy this week’s comic strips and have a laugh!

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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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REMEMBERING WHEN: The anthem that lost its home
Commentary The Oyen Echo 1/19/26 Commentary The Oyen Echo 1/19/26

REMEMBERING WHEN: The anthem that lost its home

I was reading a social media post a while back from a gentleman who was in his local Tim Hortons one evening, pre-COVID, relaxing and enjoying his usual double-double.

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Pop 89: Contortionists of attention
Commentary The Oyen Echo 1/19/26 Commentary The Oyen Echo 1/19/26

Pop 89: Contortionists of attention

One of the best pieces of advice I’ve ever heard came from the poet Billy Collins: “Dare to be clear.”

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Check It Out: Censorship is not a solution
Commentary The Oyen Echo 1/19/26 Commentary The Oyen Echo 1/19/26

Check It Out: Censorship is not a solution

A cartoon depicted a manager giving a comedian a bit of advice before he got on stage. “Don’t make jokes about people ’cause they’ll get offended.

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Sibbald Community News: Back in the swing of things
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Sibbald Community News: Back in the swing of things

By now, beloved Christmas decorations and ornaments are packed away, awaiting another Advent season. Families and friends gathered, visited, shared delicious foods, played, and prayed together.

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Christ the Redeemer Catholic Schools Bids Farewell to Michael Kilcommons
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Christ the Redeemer Catholic Schools Bids Farewell to Michael Kilcommons

Christ the Redeemer Catholic Schools is expressing gratitude to Associate Superintendent Michael Kilcommons of the Catholic Education Centre and offering best wishes on his upcoming retirement.

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Oyen Lodge Report: Good weather so far
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Oyen Lodge Report: Good weather so far

Hello everyone. January has had some good weather so far. There have been a few foggy days, during which the frost looked beautiful on the trees…

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JARDINE BURSARY: Oyen-area student pursuing career in occupational therapy
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JARDINE BURSARY: Oyen-area student pursuing career in occupational therapy

Paige Siegel is in her third year of education, working toward her bachelor of health sciences at Thompson Rivers University through online learning.

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Looking Back: Oyen Students Publish Paper
History The Oyen Echo 1/14/26 History The Oyen Echo 1/14/26

Looking Back: Oyen Students Publish Paper

By Herald Correspondent, Calgary Herald June 29, 1942, p. 15. At the beginning of the school term the students of the Oyen high school organized a students’ union and decided to publish a paper…

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Lynda Grudecki Wins $10,000 Oyen Lions 50/50 Draw
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Lynda Grudecki Wins $10,000 Oyen Lions 50/50 Draw

Lynda Grudecki, ticket #0597, has won the $10,000 Oyen Lions 50/50 raffle. The draw took place on Dec. 31, 2025, during the Bullarama at the BCAS Crossroads Centre in Oyen.

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998 tickets issued over the holidays
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998 tickets issued over the holidays

From Dec. 24-31, 2025, the Alberta RCMP was busy conducting enhanced traffic safety enforcement throughout the province, resulting in 998 tickets being issued.

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Coronation RCMP investigate fatal rollover in Paintearth County
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Coronation RCMP investigate fatal rollover in Paintearth County

Coronation RCMP are investigating a fatal single-vehicle rollover that occurred early on Jan. 7, 2025, on Range Road 111 in Paintearth County.

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Alberta RCMP: Intersection Safety Tips
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Alberta RCMP: Intersection Safety Tips

A new year has begun, and the Alberta RCMP is providing intersection safety tips to help make our roads and highways safe for everyone.

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Town of Oyen Library Booknotes: The Day I Lost You
Arts & Culture The Oyen Echo 1/14/26 Arts & Culture The Oyen Echo 1/14/26

Town of Oyen Library Booknotes: The Day I Lost You

ADULT FICTION: The Day I Lost You / by: Ruth Mancini, The Correspondent / by: Virginia Evans, Brimstone / by: Callie Hart, The Once and Future Queen / by: Paula Lafferty…

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Alberta minister to strengthen energy ties in Montana
Provincial The Oyen Echo 1/14/26 Provincial The Oyen Echo 1/14/26

Alberta minister to strengthen energy ties in Montana

Alberta’s Minister of Affordability and Utilities, Nathan Neudorf, will travel to Montana from Jan. 6 to 7 to attend the Montana Chamber of Commerce’s annual Business Days at the Capitol.

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Alberta launches website for proposed northwest coast oil pipeline
Provincial The Oyen Echo 1/14/26 Provincial The Oyen Echo 1/14/26

Alberta launches website for proposed northwest coast oil pipeline

Alberta’s government has launched a new webpage dedicated to a proposed oil pipeline to Canada’s northwest coast, aiming to provide a central hub for project information and updates.

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Oyen RCMP charge man in combine fraud case
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Oyen RCMP charge man in combine fraud case

Oyen RCMP have charged a man in connection with the alleged fraudulent sale of a combine.

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The Homesteaders
Arts & Culture, History The Oyen Echo 1/14/26 Arts & Culture, History The Oyen Echo 1/14/26

The Homesteaders

In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the Canadian government advertised homesteading in the Canadian West as a means to a prosperous future.

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