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Art club show, sale this weekend

Art club show, sale this weekend

The Olds Art Club's annual fall show and sale takes place this weekend, Nov. 5-6 at the Evergreen Centre. It will be open Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Multiple injuries in QE II collision

Multiple injuries in QE II collision

Ambulance (EMS) crews from Olds, Innisfail, Carstairs and Airdire responded to a multi-vehicle collision southbound on the QE II on Saturday. RCMP are investigating to determine how the collision occurred. It happened just before 9 a.m. near Twp. Rd.
Prison walk-a-thon raises $20,000

Prison walk-a-thon raises $20,000

BOWDEN - For the fourth year in a row hundreds of Bowden Institution inmates have been making a positive difference. They have chosen to “to reach out beyond the fence” by walking hundreds and hundreds of miles in the prison yard.
Support group for LGBTQ community proposed

Support group for LGBTQ community proposed

Mountain View Emergency Shelter Society outreach services coordinator Sasha Curr fears some members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) community in Olds may harm themselves – even attempt suicide because they don't feel acce
Grain terminal project delayed until spring

Grain terminal project delayed until spring

BOWDEN – Paterson Grain is pushing its timeline back to the spring of 2017 for the start of construction for its massive Bowden terminal project as it continues to navigate through provincial environmental regulatory issues.
LGBTQ community members take a stand

LGBTQ community members take a stand

LGBTQ people in Olds are standing up for themselves and the community at large after recent newspaper coverage of a church-sponsored conference frustrated, angered and hurt many, they say.
Fundraising goal for Syrian family almost reached

Fundraising goal for Syrian family almost reached

A St. Stephen's Catholic Church committee is only about $4,000 short of its fundraising goal to bring a Syrian refugee family to Olds. The committee has been told it needs to accumulate about $35,000 to bring the family here.
IODE, legion partner for Nov. 4 ceremony

IODE, legion partner for Nov. 4 ceremony

The local IODE chapter is partnering with the Olds Legion to hold a special ceremony honouring veterans ahead of the regularly-scheduled Remembrance Day event. This one is organized through the No Stone Left Alone foundation, to take place on Nov.
Philosophy grad student skeptical of evolution

Philosophy grad student skeptical of evolution

A speaker at a religious conference said no one has yet proven to him that human beings evolved from one single, simple organism millions or billions of years ago.
Expect bigger, scarier haunted house

Expect bigger, scarier haunted house

This year's haunted house at the Boys and Girls Club promises to be so terrifying that staff will be there to escort visitors safely out of the building, just in case.
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