Olds News

Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills Wildrose Party Constituency Association president Michael Robertson doesn't want to see the riding's boundaries changed much, if at all.

Wildrose Party Leader Brian Jean's call for a merger of the province's two right-wing parties fits the way most local conservatives are thinking, according to spokesmen for the Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills Progressive Conservative and Wildrose constitue

Olds College chair Bob Clark says the provincial Electoral Boundaries Commission shouldn't "monkey" with constituencies like Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills, where the population is growing.

One woman is dead and four others have been hospitalized after a three-vehicle crash just north of Bowden today. EMS spokesman Adam Loria says ambulance personnel were called to the scene at about 9:30 a.m.

Olds Fire Department officials are urging residents - including landlords -- to make sure alarm systems are working properly and have their heating systems checked regularly by trained personnel to make sure they too are in good working order.

BOWDEN - Students are learning all about the impact and intricacies of creating a story through a unique, year-long writer-in-residence program underway at Bowden Grandview School.

Olds firefighters who went to Fort McMurray to battle the wildfire there last May and those who stayed behind to keep the local community safe were honoured with awards during the Jan. 23 Olds town council meeting.

Property crime continues to spike in the region with six reports of thefts and break and enters - mainly in the rural areas - during a recent three-day period.

Were you a student in Olds for Canada's Centennial Celebration in 1967? If so, the Albertan wants to talk to you.

A 24-year-old Bowden man is due in court in Red Deer on March 1 in regard to a break-in and a stolen vehicle. Zachariah Shawn Bodman faces three charges in connection with the incident, which occurred Jan. 14.