Olds News

Mountain View Credit Union (MVCU) may soon merge with Calgary-based Connect First Credit Union (CFCU) to create what both organizations call "a regionally focused" credit union that would be the seventh largest in the country.

The choir in a photo published in the Jan. 30 edition of the Olds Albertan were members of the Olds Evergreen Singers. The Albertan regrets the error.

Education Minister David Eggen came to Olds High School Thursday to meet and support members of the school's gay-straight alliance (GSA).

Fifty-four customers were without power for almost 5 1/2 hours Tuesday night after a vehicle hit a power pole northeast of Olds. Fortis Alberta manager of corporate communications Alana Antonelli says the outage lasted from 8:30 p.m.

A Grade 11 Olds High School (OHS) student gave an emotional presentation to Education Minister David Eggen Thursday, outlining his struggle to come to peace with who he is – gay/bisexual.

Olds town council has declared Wednesday, Feb. 28 Pink Shirt Day and agreed that every year from now on, the last Wednesday of February will be Pink Shirt Day in the community.

BOWDEN – Thieves have smashed into the Bowden Pioneer Museum and stolen several prized historical artifacts. Olds RCMP were called to the scene on the morning of Jan. 31, where a break-in took place sometime between Jan. 29 and 31.

Olds town council has approved spending $600,000 as part of a $1.2-million provincial matching grant to expand O-NET, the town-owned Internet, phone and TV company, and enable it to improve its equipment and services.

DIDSBURY - Police are looking for a second suspect who is still at large after a man was taken at gunpoint from Didsbury on Jan. 23, police said Thursday. A warrant has been issued for 39 year-old Didsbury resident Tayna Dawn Hoomana.

In the next few weeks, once he's settled, the new commanding officer of the Olds RCMP detachment, Staff Sgt. Jim MacDonald, wants to talk with community leaders about policing priorities. MacDonald began his new job Jan. 22.