Olds News

The United Farmers of Alberta Co-operative Limited (UFA) has committed $500,000 to Olds College. The school will receive the money over a five-year period.

BY Meghan Alton Holy Trinity Catholic School math lead teacher Monica Andrew has won a provincial math award. She received the Alberta Mathematics Educator Award through the Alberta Math Council.

BOWDEN - Bowden won't have a bylaw regulating the consumption of cannabis and tobacco in the community for at least another week. As a result, the town remains without any bylaw regulating tobacco consumption in town, let alone marijuana consumption.

The pumpkin smash was a success, despite the cold weather, says Uptowne Olds coordinator Dalaura Glubrecht, who helped organize the event. The inaugural pumpkin smash was held Oct. 13 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the parking lot behind Sim's Furniture.

On Oct. 27, for the second year in a row, Halloween Howl, the annual shopping promotion in Uptowne Olds, will have a Harry Potter theme.

BOWDEN - Town officials say it's too costly and time consuming to deal with stray or unwanted cats brought into the town office. So Bowden council has passed a motion to officially revise the town's policy regarding them.

Olds RCMP did not encounter much fallout from the first day of cannabis legalization on Oct. 17, according to Staff Sgt. Jim MacDonald. "(There were) no issues per se," he says. "One traffic stop was initiated (Oct.

An 18-year-old man from Olds and a 16-year-old female youth from Carstairs both face charges in connection with a vehicle allegedly stolen from Saskatchewan. Charges were laid after police encountered the pair near Olds on Oct. 12.

Phil Stevens is deliberately working himself out of a job. The 72-year-old local businessman is retiring after more than 50 years in the jewelry trade.

BOWDEN - Councillors for the Town of Bowden got down in the weeds regarding a frustrating topic during the annual Alberta Urban Municipalities Association (AUMA) convention.