Olds News

The Town of Olds is looking at changing a couple of its bylaws, but community services director Doug Wagstaff says that's not directly due to a fatal dog attack that happened in the community last weekend. In that Aug.

Olds RCMP and Citizens On Patrol (COP) volunteers saw an improvement Aug. 10 in the number of vehicles that weren't theft-proofed, but there's still room for improvement, they say. During the afternoon of Aug.

Former Olds resident Curtis Ross still plans to undertake his Cycle2Change2019 bike-riding fundraiser from Kelowna to Olds, but the dates have changed. Ross, 37, who now lives in Kelowna, works in the oilpatch between Olds and Sundre.

BOWDEN - The town's longstanding rest stop area is quickly morphing into a new million-dollar site for a Chevron gas station, convenience store and A&W restaurant.

Olds RCMP say charges are pending against a car driver after a two-vehicle collision early Aug. 12 on Highway 27 (46th Street) at 57th Avenue. Police say the incident occurred at about 7:20 a.m.

A 28-year-old man faces 25 charges after an approximately one-hour pursuit by police through Olds, along Highway 2, ending in a wheat field near Crossfield. Bernard Michael Sontheim of Innisfail, 28, is due in Didsbury provincial court on Aug.

Town officials and local business owners have been looking for an efficient way to remove graffiti ever since a youth went on a graffiti spree back in April. They think they may have found one option.

Town officials are investigating after four dogs got out of an Olds resident's yard and killed a dog in a fenced yard several blocks away, in Imperial Estates. Olds RCMP received the call at about 7 p.m. Aug. 3.

BOWDEN - Recreational hockey teams in Bowden may have to pay up front for ice time. Coun. Kerry Kelm made that suggestion during the town's July 22 council meeting, addressing chief administrative officer Greg Skotheim.

The Olds College Alumni Centre was absolutely packed for a dementia care workshop organized by Sundre's Greenwood Neighbourhood Place (GNP) and facilitated by Teepa Snow, an internationally renowned dementia expert.