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Delegates at the recent Ranching Opportunities 2017 conference at Olds College were given an update on the verified sustainable beef framework being developed by the Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (CRSB).

Motorists using Highway 22 north of Cremona this summer can expect to see some delays due to an upgrade project, Alberta Transportation officials said. The project will be focused on the highway between Highway 27 and Highway 580.

The Chinook's Edge School Division (CESD) board has made an official submission to the Alberta electoral boundaries commission. The move came following the board's recent regularly scheduled meeting.

Mountain View County residents should be encouraged to provide input and comments on proposed new regulations under the updated Municipal Government Act (MGA), says Al Kemmere, a Mountain View County councillor and the president of the Alberta Associ

The Daines family of Innisfail and area are no longer just individual rodeo legends.

1929 - WRESTLING ACTION IN OLDS Under the headline "Hammer Is Boss Wrestler", the Olds Gazette reported on a hugely successful wrestling event in Olds.

Years ago my husband completed his biblical studies in a small rural Bible college and became a qualified pastor. We moved to Blackfalds for only a few months and our first child was born while we resided there.

CARSTAIRS - Hugh Sutherland School will be hosting the Natasha (Cameron) Neilson Memorial varsity girls basketball tournament on Feb. 17-18. The tournament helps honour the memory of Natasha who died in 2002 at the age of 21 in a car crash.

Mountain View County council has set the date for the public hearing regarding a proposed redesignation of an agriculture district property to aggregate extraction-processing district west of Olds.

Alberta ranchers should be encouraged to use social media such as Facebook and Twitter to promote the industry's benefits and safety standards with consumers, delegates heard at the Feb. 9 Ranching Opportunities 2017 Conference at Olds College.