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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.

Two dozen competitors from Alberta, B.C. and Saskatchewan took part in the three-day Western Canada Skeet Championships at the Lone Pine Clay Target Club northeast of Olds.

”Oil and gas production in Western Canada turns on a dime,” said Bill Richards, the Manitoba lawyer who, as its president, made Dome Petroleum a mega company in the 1980s.

Red Deer County has launched a second recent survey to gather public input about the local economy. In July the county released a survey seeking input on such things as future business development priorities.

Lots of plants in your garden or around Olds – even dandelions – can be made into medicines, according to Jenni Cyman.