Do you know why leopards find it difficult to hide? The answer to the riddle is: because wherever they hide, they’re always spotted.

As 2025 comes to a close, I am pleased with the accomplishments we have made in our community for continued growth and sustainability.

Our wish for each of you in the coming year is simple: may your homes be filled with laughter, your hearts with peace, and your lives with the steady warmth of friendship.

From all of us at Your Southwest Media Group, we wish you all the best in the coming year!

Now that 2025 has come to a close, I want to share some of my favourite moments from my Just A Gal From Glidden columns. This past year, I reflected on life in west-central Saskatchewan…

Enjoy this week’s editorial cartoon.

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

One Saturday when my brother was young, he was invited into town for a winter playdate by a couple of his friends. There was a hill close to where his friends lived…

There is a saying in recovery: “You can’t do this for me, but I can’t do it alone.” We heal, we grow, we learn together. To walk into a room and admit to others that we have a problem…

I read a note that said, “Whoever stole my antidepressants—I hope you’re happy now!” The joyful season of hospitality, giving, and kindness is coming to a close…

This Christmas season I have been reflecting on the familiar verse we see quoted from Isaiah 9:6, “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given…

As I write this article, the snow if falling and the busy Christmas season is upon us. As my wife and I were doing some shopping yesterday, we noticed how the stores were already sold out…

I knew a Roman-Catholic priest once, who had an interesting, if not peculiar, habit. Every year, he would spend most of the Boxing Day writing Christmas cards to his family and friends.

The Christmas story has been told throughout the centuries, however along the way the symbolic meaning of the circumstances surrounding Christ’s birth have been forgotten.

“Do not be afraid! For behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people: Today the Oyen Echo has met its saviour. She is Kate Winquist. Hallelujah!”

Enjoy this week’s editorial cartoon.

Christmas is always an exciting time for little kids, and growing up, we were certainly no different. The yuletide joy and anticipation in our family leading up to Christmas morning…

The word of the year, as voted on by the Oxford English Dictionary, is rage-bait: “combining the words rage, meaning a violent outburst of anger, and bait, an attractive morsel of food.

A grandpa sat back in his recliner on New Year’s Day and said to his little grandson, “I remember last year like it was yesterday!”

I had a column all ready for this week, but it was a little too negative and opinionated for my taste. After all, this should be a happy, joyous time of year, right?