Olds News

Women aged 50-74 – the age group most at risk of developing breast cancer – will be able to get checked out for the disease right here in Olds later this month.

On New Year's Day, Olds residents Margaret Erickson, 36, and Yvon Caron, 36, got a sign that they were about to gain another addition to the family.

Mayor Mike Muzychka says there's a good chance total building permits in 2018 will exceed those in 2017.

BOWDEN – Brie Leussink and her cousin Matthew Klassen spent countless hours inside the town's old abandoned nursery last month cleaning up the damage.

Wondering what to do with your real or "live" Christmas tree, now that Christmas is over? Town officials say those trees can be dropped off at the 49th Avenue Recycling Centre from Jan. 2-19.

Olds has its New Year's Baby - a boy. Lucas Yvon Caron-Erickson was born Jan. 2 at 1:54 a.m. to mom Margaret Erickson and dad Yvon Caron in the Olds Hospital. He weighed eight pounds, two ounces (3,718 grams).

The cold snap over the Christmas period put huge pressure on local towing company Torrock Towing. Owner-operator Judy Schlichenmayer says it was stressful, but that's just part of the business. "We're very busy.

Olds town council has voted to continue sponsoring four awards for top-performing Olds High School students.

Three people face charges in connection with the alleged smuggling of drugs into Bowden Institution.Jesse Cole, 32, is charged with two counts of trafficking under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act.

BOWDEN — Mayor Robb Stuart says town council is open to considering a suggestion by two local residents that businesses could be operated out of the rest stop, rather than have it sold to Parkland Industries.