Olds News

The cold snap that started on about Feb. 1 has affected everyone, from residents to business owners and town employees. Last week, highs were in the low to mid -20s, and lows, with the wind chill, fell into the -30s.

Three trucks and one SUV were stolen in Olds last week. "In all four incidents, the vehicles were left momentarily unattended, unlocked and running outside of businesses or residences," Olds RCMP Staff Sgt. Jim MacDonald wrote in a news release.

Nine-year-old Ecole Olds Elementary School student Carter Thompson got the thrill of his life Monday, Feb. 11 when the Grey Cup arrived in the school, along several members of the Calgary Stampeders and escorted by RCMP in red serge.

Thirty members of the Inspire Dance Studio and Baton Club in Olds left Wednesday, Feb. 13 for the Twirl Mania International Championships at the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. All are Olds residents.

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Everything Olds (EO) is trying an experiment — the first-ever Spring Community Showcase, where parents can sign up their kids for various clubs and organizations that operate in the warmer months. They can sign up for year-round activities as well.

BOWDEN — Mayor Robb Stuart and Coun. Paul Webb will be representing the Town of Bowden during the annual Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) conference and trade show in Quebec City this spring.

BOWDEN -- Town council has approved plans for the community's first showcase for businesses — both storefront and home-based. Plans for that event were unveiled during council's Jan. 28 meeting.

Former NHL player Jay Rosehill is joining the Calgary Fire Department this month. He credits his time with the Olds Fire Department as being key in getting him that opportunity.

She may now be 100 years old, but local resident Alice McKitterick is in far better shape than some people decades younger than her. McKitterick turned 100 on Jan. 27. Her family held a big birthday party for her at the Olds Legion.