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The announcement last week by Interpol that they've arrested a man suspected of leading a major Internet scam ring highlights the need for businesses and residents across the region to remain constantly on guard for fraud, says Olds Chamber of Commer

Red Deer County is now connected to the new 211 service.

“The past is a bucket of ashes,” wrote American poet and radical Carl Sandburg in his great poem Chicago. Early in his career, Sandburg was a member, organizer and journalist for the Wisconsin Social Democratic party.

When my parents, Elden and Helen Spicer, married in late 1944, they didn't give much thought to their unfolding future, where they would live and make their home over time. Mom was already working as a “hired girl” as she called it.

More than a dozen search and rescue (SAR) personnel from Drumheller, Strathmore, Calgary, Olds, Sundre and elsewhere have taken part in a six-day training course at Cipperly's Pond Campground south of Olds.

About 17,000 fans and competitors attended the Dogpound Stampede rodeo on July 19 and 20.

Red Deer County's homeless issue is a “continuous” problematic social dilemma that must be resolved beyond using enforcement, says a senior peace officer with the rural municipality's protective services department.

Mark Ramsankar is ready to lead the Canadian Teachers' Federation (CTF). Ramsankar was elected president designate of the Canadian Teachers' Federation on July 15 during the CTF annual general meeting in Montreal.

Moisture conditions looked dry a month ago but timely rainfall in July has a pair of local farmers optimistic about their crops. Dieter Frost operates a farm located just south of Olds, growing wheat, barley and canola.

The house on 51st was light green, inside and out, when my parents purchased it. We weren't sure why but chose to believe there had been a warehouse sale on green paint.