Olds News

Local resident Lisa White is upset with the size of recycling piles at the waste transfer station in Olds. White was at the transfer station last week. She was so concerned with what she saw that she brought some photos to the Albertan.

Olds RCMP are investigating a break-in, a hit and run and damage to a lockbox that occurred in the area. The most recent incident is the hit and run, which police say occurred on Dec. 7 at 42nd Street and 56th Avenue. Cpl.

Santa's Secret Shop, which came to the Mountain View Credit Union (MVCU) in Olds for the first time, was such a success organizers plan to run it again next year. Santa's Secret Shop was set up in the MVCU lobby on Dec. 2.

Organizers are still tallying total proceeds raised from the Boob Tour, which came through Olds this past Friday, Dec. 2. Initially the tour, which features comedians, was organized to raise money for breast cancer.

Olds & District Chamber of Commerce vice-president Ben Stone says it's too early to say if the federal Liberal government's approval of two pipelines will help the local economy. But he's cautiously optimistic that long term, it will help. On Nov.

It's too early to say if a decision by OPEC to cut oil production for the first time in eight years will affect Olds, according to Olds & District Chamber of Commerce vice-president Ben Stone.

The date for the Meals on Wheels meeting and information session on the program will be Wednesday, Dec. 7, from 2 to 3 p.m.

Women ages 50 to 74 — the group most at risk of developing breast cancer — will have local access to mammography services this week when Alberta Health Services' Screen Test program visits Olds.

A checkstop program to encourage people not do drink or consume drugs and drive is underway in Olds. It began Dec. 3, National Impaired Driving Enforcement Day, and will likely not end until mid-January, Olds RCMP Cpl. Mike Black says.

The first major snowfall of the year in Olds didn't result in any major accidents, Cpl. Mike Black of Olds RCMP says. In fact, he says police dealt with surprisingly few collisions on Dec. 1. “Actually for us it was good,” Black told the Albertan.