Olds News

The Town of Olds and at least one local developer are working on providing affordable housing for the expected influx of 1,000 to 1,500 marijuana production plant workers over the next few years. Their solution? Construct more apartment buildings.

A rural Olds youth says getting lost overnight in the bush with some friends has taught him some valuable lessons.

Local parents are extremely grateful for all the people who helped find their children who got lost while dirt biking north of Sundre.

A woman was killed in a July 21 motor vehicle collision west of Olds on Highway 27, RCMP report. At approximately 3:15 p.m., Olds RCMP responded to a two-vehicle motor vehicle collision on the highway west of Olds, just east of Secondary Highway 766.

A public meeting was held during the regularly scheduled July 9 council meeting in regards to a road closure on 57th Street. The road that is to be closed is technically an alley and will not restrict garage use as previously thought.

There was a new element to Summer Synergy, the Olds Regional Exhibition's (ORE) annual camp that teaches young people the finer points of owning, caring for and showing animals.

A 26-year-old man is listed in serious but stable condition, recovering from head injuries after a single off-highway vehicle collision occurred Saturday, July 14 on private property near Rge. Rd. 2.7, east of Olds.

BOWDEN - Now that he's no longer the chief administrative officer (CAO) of Bowden, James Mason is taking that opportunity to relax for the summer and make a decision on his future in the fall.

Although it may not be a perfect solution, Olds & District Chamber of Commerce president Ben Stone predicts someone will step in to fill the gap when Greyhound Canada stops providing passenger and freight service in Olds this fall.

Work on the previously abandoned Miller Meadows residential area has hit a roadblock after a public hearing which lasted more than two hours.