Olds News

Bowden - Town council has endorsed a pitch by a FortisAlberta representative to replace street lights with new, more efficient LED street lights.

The Olds Municipal Library's Video Game Madness fundraiser has been postponed until Feb. 25.

Olds RCMP are investigating a wave of residential and business break-ins that occurred in the community over the past three weeks. Among those hit were the Olds Laundry Ltd. at 5010 51st St. and Total Image Hair Salon at 4813 50th St. Olds RCMP Cpl.

As a kid, I grew up playing games like Pong, Space Invaders and Pacman. As a young adult, dragging a mattress into the living room to play Final Fantasy VII for a weekend seemed perfectly normal.

The Canadian Pacific Holiday Train is coming to Olds for the first time in years. The train, which raises money and food for food banks, will stop in Olds on Friday, Dec. 9. Lots of festivities have been planned around its arrival. At 12:30 p.m.

The Kiwanis Club of Olds will be marking a major milestone Nov.

The Olds Municipal Library is holding a fundraiser where visitors are invited to play video games all night into the wee hours of the morning. It's called Video Game Madness and it takes place this Saturday from 6 p.m. to 12 a.m.

One of those who laid wreaths during Friday's Remembrance Day ceremony in Olds is a veteran of the Afghan war. Chance Burles, 34, is originally from Calgary. He normally lives in Edmonton with his wife and son.

During Olds Remembrance Day services at the Ralph Klein Centre on Friday, Pastor Brent Reilly of First Baptist Church shared the story of his grandfather, who fought valiantly in the First World War.

A pair of Deer Meadow students are planning an event where students will take pledges to stay up all night in support of Wounded Warriors Canada.