Olds News

The Olds Fire Department (OFD) raised the second-highest amount of money during the Firefighter Stair Climb challenge.

The Olds Institute's Community Lifestyles Committee nominated three local women for the Red Deer and District Community Foundation's 10th annual Women of Excellence awards.

The only regret that retiring Olds College board chair Bob Clark has is that an innovative collaboration between the province, the college and Sunterra to create a giant environmentally-friendly greenhouse operation on campus will likely occur after

Alberta Health Services representatives made their biannual presentation to town council last meeting (May 8), recapping hospital activity over the past year.

BOWDEN ñ A special meeting will be held in Bowden council chambers Monday, May 15 to discuss the town budget and pass a bylaw instituting collection of this year's municipal taxes.

The …cole Olds Elementary School (EOES) Choir came out on top after this year's Olds & District Kiwanis Music Festival, and while they aren't headed to the provincial championships themselves, their music is.

Rocky Mountain Liquor was hit by an armed robbery May 8 and Olds RCMP are asking for your help to find the suspect. This marks the second time in about four months an armed robbery has occurred there. The last one occurred on Jan. 31.

The two fenders were tangled together, glass scattered across the parking lot. A power pole leaned precariously on one mangled van, lines dangling. The fire department showed up with their Jaws of Life. EMS was on scene with stretchers.

People have started to move in to the new headquarters for Olds Institute (OI), the Olds & District Chamber of Commerce, the visitor information centre and Uptowne Olds. The move-in began around the end of last month.

The Olds Institute's Community Lifestyles Committee nominated three local women for the Red Deer and District Community Foundation's 10th Annual Women of Excellence awards.