Olds News

Four site-specific applications have been made to the Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission (AGLC) for recreational cannabis retail outlets in Olds. Objectors to a Cowboy Cannabis location at 6-5221 46th St. and two at 6308B-46th St. have until Sept.

Building a successful Junior A hockey team requires a good billet program, emphasizes the Olds Grizzlys' general manager and associate coach.

Fortis officials expect to be able to lessen the duration of some future power outages in the Olds area by this fall.

The town is wrapping up construction of the future Cornerstone Art Commons at the corner of 46 th Street and 65 th Avenue.

With the start of the traditional calendar school year mere weeks away, young Olds and area student bus riders and their families got a jump-start on preparations. The First Rider program was held at the Olds College south parking lot on Aug. 15.

The Town of Olds is increasing efforts to educate residents on how to get the most use out of their green compost bin, through an advertising campaign.

Caltech Diesel hit twice On Aug. 7, Olds RCMP responded to a break and enter that occurred to Caltech Diesel in Olds on Aug. 4, at approximately 4 a.m.

A local law firm is planning some information sessions to help businesses, landlords, tenants and others get ready for Oct. 17, the date when the sale and consumption of recreational cannabis becomes legal in Canada.

A Good Samaritan helped RCMP find a muddy 41-year-old Olds man, suspected of being involved in a lengthy stolen vehicle chase that ended in a creek. On Aug. 14 at approximately 9:45 p.m.

Attending the upcoming conference on suicide and depression in Olds could help save your life or someone you know, says the driving force behind The Conversation Has To Happen...Again.