Olds News

Dec. 17 was a festive night at the Legion Hall in Olds as Filipinos gathered together to celebrate Christmas as a community.

The case of a person alleged to have held a knife to the throat of a victim is stalled, due to lack of co-operation, RCMP say. "(There is) lack of cooperation from all involved. I figured it was going to go that way," Olds RCMP Cpl.

BOWDEN - Mayor Robb Stuart says the outlook for Bowden is rather hazy right now as the town awaits moves from the provincial government and others on various projects. The biggest item on the agenda is the town's budget.

The 2016 Henry Sonnenberg Christmas Dinner was a great success, despite the fact that attendance was down a bit from last year, a spokesman says.

BOWDEN - A horrific early morning semi-truck collision on the Queen Elizabeth II Highway at Bowden has claimed the lives of two Calgarians, one of them a Good Samaritan who stopped to help a stricken truck driver.

Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills MLA Nathan Cooper is pretty confident 2017 will be a better year for the constituency than 2016 was - primarily because oil prices are higher and he says the agricultural sector is still relatively strong.

Later this year, the federal government is expected to introduce legislation to make the recreational use of marijuana legal. Olds RCMP Cpl. Michael Black warns Olds and area residents not to assume that means they can use it and drive.

A man arrested in connection with an incident in which a bullet was fired through a house and into an apartment building in Bowden is due in court again Jan. 16.

The Mountain View Food Bank got a belated Christmas gift on Dec. 27: a cheque for $5,358 from Tim Hortons. That figure represents 100 per cent of the proceeds from coffee and hot chocolate sales Dec.

Olds mayor Judy Dahl says as 2017 begins, the town will continue providing services to residents and make improvements, but in a careful manner, in light of the economic downturn. Late last year, council approved a $10.