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There’s something weird about picking mid-October – the point in the calendar where things are about to go completely in the crapper for the next six months – as a time to give thanks.

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Next January, world-class curlers from across the province will be coming to Drayton Valley for the 2027 RME Summit of Champions to try to qualify for the Brier and Scotties.

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“To everything there is a season," wrote King Solomon in his bestselling book, Ecclesiastes. Sadly, the best two seasons of 2026 are now behind us, and they’ve taken a lot of the good stuff with them.

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An initiative to bring a sports dome to Drayton Valley took a step forward last week with a funding announcement from the province.

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The return of the Drayton Valley Wildcats after a lengthy hiatus has got me thinking about other fixtures of life in the 1990s that I’d like to see make a comeback. Here’s a quick rundown in no particular order.

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