Olds News

It's a lot harder for women to leave abusive relationships than people may think, a speaker told a Rural Crime Watch (RCW) meeting in Olds.

Three stop signs were vandalized Monday night (April 17) at an intersection near Ècole Deer Meadow School.

Chinook's Edge School Division has honoured its indigenous student population with the installation of special artwork. The indigenous art installation featured the attendance of Elder Adrian Wolfleg of the Siksika Nation.

An Olds man says a journey he and his wife embarked on in Honduras to help improve the lives of people there was a great success. Brian Johnson and his wife Adeline returned recently from Roatan, an island off the coast of Honduras.

The Baron Tweedsmuir IODE, a local group that runs a second-hand clothing store, will be at the April 24 Olds Council Policies and Priorities meeting to protest a town decision that enabled an Airdrie firm to have the only used clothing bins in the t

The third annual Spring Fling fundraiser for local charities, which takes place this Thursday (April 20) couldn't have come at a better time for the Mountain View County chapter of Habitat For Humanity (MVCHFH), a spokesperson says.

BOWDEN - The town has received its second big boost in just over a month. First, it was the announcement last month that the massive $50-million Paterson grain terminal project will be built this spring.

Last week, the Albertan reported on a local woman who was almost scammed by a fraudulent classified ad that ran in the Mountain View Gazette. A bank teller caught the fraudulent cheque in time. But some people aren't as lucky.

Auditors identified no significant matters in their 2016 review of the town's finances, which were presented at the council meeting last Monday (April 10).

The Information & Entrepreneurship Centre, which will bring together the Olds Institute, Olds and District Chamber of Commerce, Uptowne Olds and a visitor information centre, is expected to be open the last week of April.