We salute those who fought for our freedom so we may live in peace.
This special edition of The Oyen Echo is dedicated to the men and women from our region that so bravely served our country. Some of them paid the supreme sacrifice. They were more than soldiers, they were sons and daughters, husbands and fathers. They came from towns and hamlets that are no longer. We can never begin to repay them, but we can remember them, every ONE of them.
Pattern Energy Begins Operations at Lanfine Wind Project in Alberta
Lanfine Wind will provide economic benefits and jobs that will last generations. The project will generate clean energy for up to 30,000 Alberta homes and is projected to provide millions of dollars per year to local communities. The facility is located in Special Area No. 3, southwest of Oyen, Alberta.
Remembering veterans from east-central Alberta
These veterans made the ultimate sacrifice and we remember them as a community.
Lance Sergeant William Joseph Cicon
World War II 1939-1945 Star War Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Clasp, French and Germany Star, Commonwealth War Dead.
Kindersley resident served 15 years in the military
Kindersley resident Rosi Gaultois-Housser was just a teenager when she first joined the military. She grew up in Newfoundland and, after graduating from high school at sixteen…
Peace is in our hands
Students at Assumption Roman Catholic School in Oyen designed a creative bulletin board in honour of Remembrance Day.
Child amputee finds inspiration from Second World War Veteran
Eight-year-old Isla McCallum is an energetic young girl with a big smile, and Charlie Jefferson, 98, is a veteran of the Second World War.
100-year anniversary of the poppy
Did you know people started wearing poppies a hundred years ago, in May of 1921? Poppies grew on the battlefields around gravesites after the end of the First World War.
Flying Officer George Albert England
George Albert England, born July 4, 1915 at Cappon, Alberta, attended public school in Oyen, Alberta before moving to Calgary, Alberta in 1926.
Signalman Thomas Alexander Walker Reid
Thomas Alexander Walker Reid, born November 23, 1923 at Oyen, Alberta, completed his education in Calgary, Alberta before working on the family farm at Oras, Alberta as a tractor and truck driver.
Warrant Officer Class I Fred Scott Martin
Died: Sep 24, 1944, Commemorated at Malta Memorial, Malta.
Pilot Officer William Ferguson Reid
William Ferguson Reid, born June 26, 1922 at Oyen, Alberta, completed his education at Beaver Flat School in 1937 before working on the family farm near Oras, Alberta.
Flying Officer Donald Hugh McKay
Died: Sep 1, 1943, Commemorated at Runnymede Memorial, England.
Private Edward Angus Innes
Edward Angus Innes was born August 4, 1891 at Campbellford, Ontario. Single and a farmer by trade, Edward was living at Acadia Valley, Alberta when he enlisted at Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan in April of 1915.
Private Samuel Henry Lemon
Samuel “Tiny” Henry Lemon was born May 24, 1877 at Mappowder, Dorset, England, where his father served as Rector of Mappowder.
Private Lloyd Morley Anderson
Lloyd Morley Anderson of Oyen, Alberta served with the North Nova Scotia Highlanders (RCIC) as a Private during the Second World War.
Private William Robert Erskine
William Robert Erskine was born September 11, 1884 at London, England. After completing his education in 1900 at Dulwich College in London, Erskine moved to Canada in 1903.
Oyen Honour Roll: World War I and World War II
The upstairs hallway of the Oyen Life Leases were decorated in honour of Remembrance Day.