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Jordan Slade, a student-athlete at Olds College, knows all about the importance of mental wellness. His father is a firefighter; his mother, a nurse -- two high-stress jobs that can fray even the most impervious psyche.

A perfect start in 2016 has Olds College's women's basketball team back in a playoff spot. The Broncos have won four straight in the new year and now sit fourth in the ACAC South with a 7-6 record.

Members of the Innisfail Figure Skating Club are skillfully spinning, jumping and dancing through a 52nd season – gearing up for ongoing competition and this year's annual carnival. “We start a fall school in September for the older skaters.

For the past 70 years the annual Innisfail Farmers and Farmerettes Bonspiel has been a source for friendships, good times and plenty of curling. The annual weeklong event ran from Jan. 17 to Jan.

The Innisfail Bantam A Four Lane Flyers are playing their way to a successful season. They recently squared off against league rival the Foremost Flyers from southern Alberta, winning the game 1-0 on Jan. 16.

It's always said that defence wins championships and the Spartans are getting some help tightening theirs up before hosting the ASAA 3A basketball provincials.

Olds College's badminton team returned from an ACAC tournament at The King's University College over the weekend. Following are the results: Blain Weber, third in men's A singles. Mary Smith and Samantha Clutton, first in women's B doubles.

The Spartan Classic has always been a tournament where Olds High School's senior basketball teams could test themselves against stiffer competition than they'd face in league play.

It would be pretty hard to top the way Faith Walton celebrated her birthday — playing badminton on a tropical island. The Olds High School student turned 16 years old on Jan.

Olds has its own group committed to developing badminton players. On any given Monday night, as many as 40 people of varying ages show up at Deer Meadow School to play.