Olds News

It's been 36 years since 21-year-old Terry Fox dipped his primitive prosthetic leg into the Atlantic at St. John's, N.L. His goal: raise a dollar for each of Canada's 24 million people.

In the article “Cancer fundraiser for boy nets $24,272” on page 1 of the Sept. 6 edition of the Olds Albertan incorrect information appeared. Nathan Sew's chemotherapy ended in June 2015.

”Dad, I need help,” words painfully uttered by Rick and Cindy More's 22-year-old daughter Lindsey, nine months before she took her life Sept. 20, 2015. Rick, from Red Deer, was one of several speakers at the Sept.

Those who steward the horticulture program's garden at Olds College say the harvest came too soon; by thieves who picked up to 500 pounds of vegetables that were grown specifically for students.

If you test drive a Buick on Saturday, Sept. 17, at Olds High School, Buick will donate up to $10,000 to the school. The fundraising event runs from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

In the future, wetlands will be the source of a lot of jobs, thanks to a new provincial policy, the head of an environmental company says. And Steven Tannas would like to see Olds College be the place to train people for those jobs.

The co-chair of a conference on suicide and depression in Olds says she's thinking seriously of holding another one next year. “I'm thinking of it. But you know, I have to just see about it. I just need a minute or two to just swallow this one.

The annual Terry Fox Marathon of Hope (MOH) in Olds takes place this Sunday, Sept. 18, rain or shine, starting and finishing at Centennial Park. Registration is at 10 a.m.

Only 14 men climbed into the MAN VAN to get tested for prostate cancer or other concerns when the mobile clinic came to Olds. That's less than half the figure when the van came to Olds in 2015.

Olds College (OC) has just signed on to run a course on wetlands for Ducks Unlimited (DU) Alberta. Tracy Scott of DU made that announcement during Dinner Party in the Wetlands, a fundraiser held at Olds College's wetlands on Aug. 24.