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Understanding appears to emerge during Diversity Day

Understanding appears to emerge during Diversity Day

If only more schools would follow in the footsteps of Olds High School and hold an event like Diversity Day.
50 years service to our community

50 years service to our community

The Secretarial Arts/Office Administration Program at Olds College is celebrating its 50th year of service to the business communities in rural Alberta.
Honouring those who fought at Vimy Ridge

Honouring those who fought at Vimy Ridge

It was 96 years ago today when the Battle of Vimy Ridge began in northern France during the First World War. Four Canadian divisions of the Canadian Corps began the attack on the German-controlled ridge in the early morning of Easter Monday in 1917.
Make every hour Earth Hour

Make every hour Earth Hour

Hats off to Olds for reducing its energy consumption during Earth Hour—between 8:30 and 9:30 p.m. on March 23— by 8.9 per cent compared to the same one-hour period one week earlier on March 16.
Thanks from the Barkers

Thanks from the Barkers

Webster's Dictionary defines community as a unified body of people.
Volunteerism has changed - but have non-profits changed with it?

Volunteerism has changed - but have non-profits changed with it?

“Volunteering is on the decline.” “Young people are disengaged.” “People are abandoning community.” I heard versions of these same concerns while delivering workshops last week in three very different communities.
King Ralph had lasting impact

King Ralph had lasting impact

The death of former premier Ralph Klein over the weekend marks both a loss for Alberta and the passing of an era.
Richards doesn't walk his talk on farmers

Richards doesn't walk his talk on farmers

MP Blake Richards likes to say that he and the Conservative Party support our farmers. The facts say otherwise.
Consider a letter to the editor

Consider a letter to the editor

Following the screening of a documentary focused on the Lauridsen family's concerns over fracking on and around their property in Rosebud (for the full story, look to next week's Mountain View Gazette) some of the roughly 40 people in attendance aske
More attention to alcohol as a health problem required

More attention to alcohol as a health problem required

It's not often that people think of alcohol as a serious health problem.
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