Olds News

Seasons Retirement Communities, which owns Sunrise Village and Sunrise Encore retirement facilities in Olds, will be donating a total of 200 hams to the Mountain View Food Bank April 10. Sunrise Village and Sunrise Encore will donate 100 hams each.

The cause of a fire that destroyed a valuable antique car and tractor collection last month remains unknown.

Town council has announced its selection for a new chief administrative officer (CAO), who will take over the position as of May 8.

Oldstoberfest -- the very unique combination of cowboys, traditional German garb, rodeo and biergarten - is coming back to Olds. It's scheduled to take place Sept. 15 and 16 at the Olds Regional Exhibition.

There's been a shuffle in the location of clothing donation bins around town, and some councillors are upset about how those changes were managed.

A former British policeman who now lives in Mountain View County says the attack by a terrorist in London last week proves it's time for all police in the United Kingdom (U.K.) to be armed.

Olds & District Chamber of Commerce president Ben Stone is encouraged by funding in the federal budget aimed at spurring high-tech jobs. He thinks Olds has worked hard to put itself in a position to benefit from that money.

Two local Grade 4 students have helped collect a haul of food donations after they decided to organize a food drive, which finished up last Thursday (March 23).

Some people -- including Wildrose Party Leader Brian Jean -- have expressed concern the provincial government may call an early election to take advantage of the fact the Progressive Conservatives and Wildrose could split the vote, giving the NDP a c

The Town of Olds has begun the review process of its Municipal Development Plan (MDP), which was last updated in 2007. Council passed a motion to that effect during its regular meeting March 13.