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Olds (/ oʊ l d z / OHLDZ) is a town in central Alberta, Canada within Mountain View County and the Calgary–Edmonton Corridor.It is approximately 61 km (38 mi) south of Red Deer and 90 km (56 mi) north of Calgary.
Olds College of Agriculture & Technology is an Alberta public post-secondary institution located in Olds, Alberta, established in 1913 as Olds Agricultural College. Total student enrolment for the 2020–2021 academic year was 5446. [1] The college is a member of the Alberta Rural Development Network.
Line reaches Calgary, on August 10. CPR established new townsite west of Elbow River; a short time later old Calgary settlement moved to the new site. [17] 1883 CPR employees drilling for water at Langevin Siding (later renamed Carlstadt and later Alderson) discover natural gas. [18] [additional citation(s) needed] 1883 May 26
Alberta is one of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada. It is a part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces.Alberta borders British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Territories to the north, and the U.S. state of Montana to the south.
The Grand North American Old Time Fiddle Championship is the longest-running annual fiddle contest in Alberta, held in mid-July. [1] The event started in 1981, becoming part of Klondike Days (known as K-Days ) in the 1990s, and with virtual contests held during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021. [ 2 ]
The Old North Trail: Or, Life, Legends and Religion of the Blackfeet Indians. London: Macmillan and Company.; and The Old North Trail: Life, Legends, and Religion of the Blackfeet Indians at Google Books; Pocklington, T.C. (1991). The Government and Politics of the Alberta Metis Settlements. Canadian Plains Research Center, University of Regina ...
The World Hockey Association had envisioned that franchises in Calgary and Edmonton would create an effective rivalry. When the Calgary Broncos were unable to start their inaugural season, the Oilers were briefly renamed the Alberta Oilers with the intention of splitting games between the two cities.
Rutherford, a gentleman of the old school, was a weak leader but he was supportive of education, pushing for the establishment of a Provincial University. If Calgary was annoyed when Edmonton was chosen as the capital, [ 25 ] that annoyance grew into outrage in 1906 when the University of Alberta was given to Strathcona (a suburb that soon was ...