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Commentary: Rural Alberta support welcome

Efforts made to promote and enhance rural Alberta are welcome and needed

Dec 19, 2022 6:00 AM Read more >

Didsbury cadets take part in exercise near Water Valley

The year-round Canadian Cadet Program is peer-led, giving participants an opportunity to undertake physical activity while learning new skills

Dec 18, 2022 5:00 PM Read more >

Olds senior girls basketball coach describes team as 'quick, tough, defensive'

École Olds High School senior girls basketball team finished second in a tournament in November, but lost two games to tough 4A teams in early December

Dec 18, 2022 3:00 PM Read more >

More than 70,000 Didsbury library checkouts in 2022

Computers at Didsbury Municipal Library being widely used for taxes and more

Dec 18, 2022 12:00 PM Read more >

RCMP warn of poor highway driving conditions in central Alberta

Motor vehicle collisions near Innisfail, Carstairs delayed travel on Highway 2 on Saturday

Dec 18, 2022 10:28 AM Read more >

Town of Olds books in good shape, says finance director

Three-quarters of the way through its fiscal year, the Town of Olds had spent 61 per cent of its 2022 budget and 26 per cent of its capital budget, Sheena Linderman says

Dec 18, 2022 9:00 AM Read more >

Letter: Policing future a very complex issue

Replacing RCMP cannot, and should not, be decided by a plebiscite or congenial town hall meetings, says letter writer

Dec 18, 2022 6:00 AM Read more >

First Olds College dodgeball tournament deemed a success

Sports Management Club and the Gay Straight Alliance (GSA) raised money for the club, highlighted LGBTQ+ issues as well as linked LGBTQ+ people and sport

Dec 17, 2022 5:00 PM Read more >

$35, 000 for Town of Olds Operations Centre's roof snow mitigation

Town of Olds operations director said there's a plan to construct a safety railing system on the ops centre roof to prevent snow and ice from cascading below

Dec 17, 2022 3:00 PM Read more >

Innisfail’s youngest back with trio of Christmas concerts

Hundreds of school kids at École John Wilson Elementary School will be performing Christmas on Candy Cane Lane

Dec 17, 2022 12:00 PM Read more >