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The upcoming two-day AgSmart – Growing Profits with Data event at Olds College will include presentations from dozens of speakers expert in agriculture-related issues, developments and technologies. Scheduled for Aug.

An overall decline in crime in the region over the past year shouldn’t discourage residents from being vigilant when it comes to reporting suspicious activities they may see on their properties, members of the Olds and District Rural Crime Watch Asso

The seven-member AgSmart Industry Advisory Group has been involved in making sure the upcoming two-day AgSmart event will give participants lots of relevant and timely information and demonstrations.

DIDSBURY - At a special council meeting on July 24, council voted to award the contract for the 2019 asphalt rehabilitation and repairs tender to Rubydale Asphalt Works, a company based in Airdrie.

With the development permit for its planned new multi-million-dollar lodge and waste water treatment plant recently upheld, Camp Evergreen is moving forward with its plans, says executive director Bob Kroeker.

DIDSBURY – Councillors have passed a motion approving the appointment of Luana Smith as the official ambassador of the Town of Didsbury for an upcoming festival in the municipality's sister city of Miki Town, Japan.

DIDSBURY – Town council has approved an updated version of the municipality’s personnel policy for all employees. The move came by way of motion at last week’s council meeting.

CARSTAIRS - The Carstairs Lions Club is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, with the milestone recognized at the recent Beef and Barley Days parade, along with STARS.

Olds and District Rural Crime Watch Association (ODCWA) officials are pleased that an RCMP special unit that targets prolific repeat offenders appears to have helped reduce rural crime rates over the past year.

Dorien Llewellyn, son of Innisfail's nine-time world waterskiing champion Jaret Llewellyn, is a golden boy at the current Pan American Championships in Lima, Peru.