Olds News

Olds & District Chamber of Commerce president Ben Stone says overall, he's "disappointed" by the federal budget, which was brought down last week in Ottawa.

United Conservative Party (UCP) Leader Jason Kenney says if his party forms government after the 2019 provincial election, cutting crime will be its top priority – after "reigniting" the provincial economy.

Sundial Growers Inc., one of three firms getting into the marijuana production industry in Olds, has secured $56 million in debt financing to accelerate development of the second phase of its flagship cannabis production facility here.

BOWDEN - Olds RCMP are asking for your help to solve a couple of business break-ins which not only resulted in the theft of a truck and computer equipment, but also a broken gas line.

Olds High School has just been named Fair Trade School of the Year.

The goal will be to hire local residents first when Sundial Growers Inc. begins producing its medical and recreational cannabis products, president Geoff Thompson says. Thompson told a crowd at a Feb.

Olds town officials plan to meet with local hospital reps and those from surrounding communities to make sure they have enough services available for an expanding population as cannabis production facilities and other businesses come to town.

Opportunities for spinoff businesses are "endless" now that marijuana production firms and other companies are expected to come to Olds in the next few years, town officials say. They made that point during a breakfast meeting Feb.

Whether Olds' or Innisfail's Liquor Stores N.A. locations are being eyed for conversion to retail cannabis outlets is unclear. Aurora Cannabis closed a deal in recent weeks to purchase a 19.

This year's World Day of Prayer (WDP) takes place Friday, March 2 and in Olds, it will be hosted by St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church at 2 p.m.