Olds News

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.

The second annual Community Learning Campus (CLC) Ride For Mental Health didn't reach its 6,000 kilometre (K) target, but organizer Steven Bowie, the recreation and special events programmer for the CLC, is still relatively pleased with how it went.

Local resident Alice McKitterick is 100 years young. She celebrated her 100th birthday on Jan. 27 in the Olds Legion with more than 100 family members and friends.

BOWDEN -- Some people have indicated interest in tiny homes proposed for downtown Bowden, acting chief administrative officer Jacqui Molyneux says, even though the land envisioned for them has not even been rezoned to allow residential housing.

BOWDEN - Councillors have voted to spend $10,000 (plus GST) to rebrand the Town of Bowden. Councillors made that decision during a council meeting earlier this month, accepting a proposal by Okotoks-based Rynic Communications. Coun.

The rate of property crime in the town of Olds is the lowest it's been since 2014, Staff Sgt. Jim MacDonald says.

Both suspects in the case of a truck stolen from Blackfalds, which ended up jammed between a light post and the former Stevens Jewellers building have now been identified and charges have been laid. The incident occurred on Jan. 11.

Another person has been added to the list of those participating in the MNP Canada Games Torch Relay in Olds on Jan. 31.

On Jan. 27 at about 5:20 p.m., Olds RCMP, ambulance personnel and firefighters responded to a single vehicle rollover approximately one kilometre east of Olds on Highway 27. There were no injuries.

The Wild Rose Medical Centre (WRMC) has received the Patient’s Medical Home Outstanding Family Practice award from the Alberta College of Family Physicians (ACFP).