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Ninety-year-old Olds resident Myrl Goddard has had many adventures and projects in his long life – and none more exciting and challenging than the time he started up a ski hill west of Olds 50 years ago this month.

Every spring farm safety takes centre stage across the country. Here in Alberta, Red Deer County is presenting a Farm Safety Program Planning Workshop on Feb. 25 in Innisfail to help highlight various aspects of farm safety.

Construction of Mountain View County's new $2.1-million agriculture lands and parks services shop is on schedule and on budget, councillors heard following a recent tour of the site near the existing county office off Highway 2A.

Two Olds residents planned last week to head to Ethiopia in order to provide dental care for up to 400 children age five to 18. Dentist Dr.

The Trudeau government's recent announcement that it will end Royal Canadian Air Force strikes against ISIS has, not surprisingly, generated both adamant support and vocal opposition.

I am surrounded by a bunch of young pups in this newsroom. The average age of my five colleagues is 27.8 years. That makes me almost – but not quite – twice the newsroom average.

Planned renovations to the Cremona and District Emergency Services hall will help accommodate new equipment soon coming into service, says fire Chief Kevin Miller.

Delegates at last week's 2016 Ranching Opportunities conference at Olds College were urged to stress the positives when promoting the agriculture industry to domestic and international customers.

Alberta has seen a slight increase in livestock theft over the past year. According to RCMP livestock investigators, a total of 625 head of cattle went missing in 2015.

“Do you need to go to the woodshed?” Those words carried great power at one time. Not many years ago parents wielded authority and spankings were a definite force in discipline.