Olds News

The new Olds town council was officially sworn Oct. 23 in during council's organizational meeting in council chambers. From left are new councilors Wanda Blatz and Heather Ryan, incumbent Mary Anne Overwater, Mayor Michael Muzychka, along with incumbents Debbie Bennett, Mary Jane Harper and Wade Bearchell.

Plans are falling into place for this year's edition of the annual Uptowne Halloween Howl shopping promotion. The event takes place Oct. 28 from 10 a.m. to at least 4 p.m.

While October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, I personally became "aware" on June 16, 2016. My name is Ella Johnson, 53 years old and an Innisfailian.

Olds College (OC) has a new vice-president of development: Patrick Machacek. As the college's senior representative responsible for fundraising and government relations, he will oversee the college's $40 million Beyond fundraising campaign.

The Town of Olds has released official results of the Oct. 16 civic election and the results remain unchanged from those recorded on election night.

Elementary students who voted in a mock civic election at Holy Trinity School in Olds, voted quite differently than adults who were able to vote in the official thing, held at the Legion on Oct. 16.

Memberships of both the Olds-based Westview Co-op and Drumheller Co-op have approved a plan to merge the two into one entity. During meetings last week, members of both organizations voted in favour of a proposal to merge the two co-ops.

New town councils in Olds and Bowden were sworn in yesterday. Now they begin the task of governing both communities for the next four years. That's not an easy task.

Students in an Olds elementary school got a first-hand taste of what it's like to vote in an election. On Oct. Oct.

Not only will there be a new mayor in Olds, there will also be some new councillors, according to unofficial results. Two incumbent councillors: Harvey Walsh and Rudy Durieux were not re-elected during Monday night's civic election in Olds.