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The number of rinks participating in the Sundre Curling Club’s annual women’s bonspiel has in recent years remained fairly steady.

OLDS - The NHL’s latest expansion team, the Las Vegas Golden Knights, are right near the top of the league, which is where they should be, given the breaks they received and smart decisions they made, a speaker in Olds said.

Coaching basketball runs in the Carrick family. Carter Carrick, 18, has taken on coaching duties for the Grade 9 boys' basketball team at Olds High School.

Olds College Broncos badminton player Kaitlyn Dougan is getting ready for nationals which take place in Edmonton Feb. 28-March 3. Dougan qualified for that tournament during Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference provincials, held during the Feb.

The first-ever junior B lacrosse team draft in Olds was really successful, according to Gary Gaudette, who along with Andy Sweetman manages two lacrosse teams in town. The draft was held Feb. 9 at Boston Pizza. "We drafted 20 players.

For the first time, two Olds gymnasts will be competing in the Alberta Winter Games, Olds Gymnastics Club coach Michelle Jaffray says. The games take place in Fort MacMurray Feb. 16-19.

It's a lot harder to make trades now than it was a couple of decades ago, thanks to the salary cap, two NHL executives told an Olds audience.

A local certified athletic therapist has been chosen by Hockey Alberta to be a therapist for the women's hockey program during the 2018 Alberta Winter Games. The games take place Feb. 16-19 in Fort McMurray/Wood Buffalo.

INNISFAIL – Members from the Innisfail Junior Curling League joined other curlers from around the region for the first junior bonspiel at the Innisfail Curling Club. The two-day event for U-15 and U-18 curlers took place Jan. 27 and 28.

OLDS - Canadian teams will have a challenge to repeat as curling gold medallists in the 2018 Winter Olympics, now underway in PyeongChang, South Korea, according to two-time Tournament of Hearts champion, former world junior champion and two-time wor