Olds News

During the latest Olds council policies and priorities meeting, an Alberta Health Services (AHS) official provided an update on services.

INNISFAIL - Firefighters from Bowden and Innisfail were called to the southbound lanes of the Queen Elizabeth II Highway early in the evening of Sept. 26 to battle a hay bale fire that erupted on a semi truck trailer.

For a little while last week, passersby and customers could see a piece of Craig's Store's history, dating back at least 120 years, according to store manager Barb Schwab.

BOWDEN -- Local RCMP officers are still waiting for specialized roadside cannabis testing kits to come out as Oct. 17 looms. That's the date when consumption of recreational cannabis becomes legal nationwide.

Beginning this Friday through Monday, Oct. 8, Olds RCMP will be participating in Operation Impact, an annual awareness campaign to encourage safe driving behaviour.

BOWDEN - An intersection does not necessarily have to have a history of collisions to be dangerous, the commanding officer of Olds RCMP says. Staff Sgt. Jim MacDonald made that point during a Sept. 24 Bowden town council meeting.

Olds council has been asked to change a bylaw stating how close cannabis retail operations can be to parks, municipal reserves and other locations.

As of yesterday (Monday, Oct. 1) the minimum wage in this province rose to $15 an hour. Analysts say that's now the highest minimum wage in the country. (The Ontario minimum wage, currently $14 an hour, was slated to rise to $15 an hour on Jan.

BOWDEN -- Crime in Bowden is down or on par with last year in virtually every category when the first six months of this year are compared to the same period last year, and when stats from the second quarter of this year (April to June) are analyzed.

By Elmira Aliakbari and Ashley Stedman When Canada's Federal Court of Appeal quashed the federal government's approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project, citing inadequate consultation with First Nations and concerns over marine tanker