Olds News

For the second straight year, the Olds Health Care Fundraising Committee (OHCFC), with help from the $100 Club, has set a goal to raise at least $300,000 to improve health care in Olds.

A pancake breakfast organized by the Olds High School (OHS) student leadership team to raise money for schools that lost a student in the April 6 Humboldt Broncos crash was hugely successful, officials say.

The Terra Life Sciences medicinal marijuana facility has completed Phase 1 of its expansion. It held a ribbon cutting May 30 to celebrate that and imminent construction of Phase 2.

Holy Trinity Catholic School students were treated to a series of chemistry demonstrations from MacEwan University professor Lucio Gelmini on May 17.

O-NET, the town-owned Internet, phone and TV service company in Olds, has won an award. It won the Best story: making your community stronger award for a video about O-NET called Driven By Our Community.

BOWDEN - Town council has authorized staff to spend nearly $257,000 to line up to 51 manholes. The idea is to prevent runoff from leaking into them and jacking up the town's sewer bill.

Two men are in custody facing pending charges as a result of armed robberies in Olds and Caroline May 27. The Olds incident involved robbery at knife point.

The Nu2U Community Thrift Store gave out $15,487 to six community organizations this month, representing profits from the community thrift store's last six months of operations.

BOWDEN - A 93-acre site, once the pioneer location of the town's largest employer, is the new home for what is claimed to be Canada's largest pet resort.

Crime stats in Olds and area during the first four months of this year are mixed, according to Staff Sgt. Jim MacDonald, the commanding officer of Olds RCMP.