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Can Olds residents read for 250,000 minutes? As part of the TD Summer Reading Club, Olds Municipal Library has issued a challenge to local residents to Seize the Summer and read a collective 250,000 minutes before the end of August.

The Olds Handicraft Guild has decided to disband after 70 years of formal activity in Olds. They held a last meeting in late June, which was more of a coffee social, long-time member Glenna Theaker says.

Innisfail's legendary singing cowboy Ivan Daines thrilled appreciative music lovers at the 83rd Ponoka Stampede.

Michael Parlee, an author from Bowden, has published his latest novel, The Sacred Gem Within. “This book is dedicated to those who are suffering from the heavy hand life has dealt them,” said Parlee.

Sundre students recently had the opportunity to explore First Nations, Métis as well as Inuit art and culture.

June 18 marked National Indigenous Peoples Day in Olds and the celebration hosted over 1,000 students and other guests. Olds Institute executive director Mitch Thompson said he was pleased with the turnout. “We feel really good about the attendance.

CARSTAIRS - Seniors Week 2019, which ran June 2 - 8, saw a number of great local events, including a joint project between Hugh Sutherland School art club students and Chinook Winds Lodge in Carstairs.

INNISFAIL – The first day of summer marks an important day for Indigenous peoples across the country. Every year, National Indigenous Peoples Day is celebrated on June 21. Here in Innisfail, students at St.

A group of about a dozen people took part last Tuesday afternoon in a geocaching introductory workshop hosted in collaboration between Mountain View Communities Adult Learning Society and the Sundre Municipal Library that was coordinated by Gerry Gre