Olds News

Municipal election candidate and current Olds town councillor Mary Jane Harper says a recent collision at Highway 27 and 57th Avenue underlines the need for upgraded traffic controls at that intersection.

A concert promoter says reaction to an Elvis tribute show in Olds a couple of years ago was so strong that Elvis impersonator Donny Edwards is coming back here. Edwards will be performing at the TransCanada Theatre Sept. 25.

BOWDEN – The 52-year-old owner-operator of a cake-decorating business is running for a seat on Bowden town council.

Well Olds, you better learn how to spell (and say) M-U-Z-Y-C-H-K-A, and quick. This morning (Tuesday, Sept.

BOWDEN ñ A Bowden resident made a confidential complaint to town hall asking that the practice of ringing a siren at noon end, describing it as "noise pollution." Council debated the matter during its Sept.

It's been a quiet lead-up to nomination day, but town hall in Olds was less than quiet Monday morning, as two mayoral candidates and 13 councillor candidates put their names forward for the Oct. 16 municipal election.

BOWDEN - Paul Webb is running for a second term on Bowden town council. He certainly has experience. Before gaining a seat on Bowden council four years ago, Webb served two terms on Sundre town council.

All current members of council will let their names stand for re-election in October, with the final announcement last Tuesday that long-standing councillor Harvey Walsh will seek a seventh term.

An Olds resident who was stranded in Houston for four days by Hurricane Harvey says Florida residents seem to have learned a lesson from the damage inflicted there and took warnings to prepare or get away from Hurricane Irma seriously.

A trial date has been set for a man accused of sexually assaulting a woman in Olds. During a Sept. 11 court appearance in Didsbury, Meelad Samini pleaded not guilty. A trial has been scheduled for April 19, 2018 in Didsbury.