Olds News

A public hearing for a proposal to build a canola crushing plant in Olds that proponents say could create 55 jobs will be held in council chambers next month.

On May 31, the Olds High School (OHS) student leadership team is hosting a pancake breakfast from 7 to 8:30 a.m. as well as carnival games and a raffle to support the nine schools who lost a student in the April 6 Humboldt Broncos tragedy.

BOWDEN - Town council wants to find a way to make the pickup zone in front of Bowden Grandview School safer for kids, after receiving complaints -- including one from an "irate citizen.

BOWDEN - Town council has passed a bylaw authorizing tax collection to balance its 2018 budget. That bylaw was passed during a May 14 council meeting. The budget itself was approved April 23.

Retired Olds probation officer Bruce Herzog dealt with a lot of personalities over his 30-year career. But one creative-thinking guy sticks out in his mind. "He had been in an actual shootout with the cops.

Local probation officer Bruce Herzog retired this spring after a 30-year career mostly spent in Olds. He started his job in Peace River in January 1983, then moved to Olds about five years later.

An Olds resident has received a silver Duke of Edinburgh award. The international award rewards youth for building skills to equip them for life and work.

BOWDEN - Town council has voted for what they hope is a final solution to ongoing drainage issues in the alley behind Reddi Mart.

If you see a smiling, mustachioed young police officer in Olds and area, it's likely Const. René Daoust. Daoust, 26, has only been with Olds RCMP for a few short weeks.

Two early learning child care centres in Olds are part of the 100 facilities that will be offering $25 a day child care later this year, according to the provincial government.