Olds News

Pokémon Go players don't have to worry about data costs in Olds, for free Internet is available at community-owned Wi-Fi access points.

A gas bar and convenience food store, planned for the corner of highways 2A and 27 in Olds will eventually include a turning lane on the east end of the property.

It appears that the annual Hay City Slam will not take place in Olds this year. This summer would have been the fifth time the skate and BMX competition was held in Centennial Park, normally the last weekend of July.

Two retirement facilities in Olds have been purchased by Seasons Retirement Communities (SRC), an Ontario-based company.

A fibre optic network, Fair Trade designation, physician attraction, and an energy retailer that spends its profits on local projects – all things accomplished by the Olds Institute for Community and Regional Development.

Bowden chief administrative officer James Mason says a CP Rail executive has suggested the town help cover the cost to upgrade a rail crossing at 17th Avenue in the town to ensure it complies with new Transport Canada regulations.

The 54th annual Didsbury light horse show, held July 9 and 10 was a success because of its volunteers, staff and sponsors, said Didsbury Agricultural Society secretary and organizer Kerry Salisbury.

Olds RCMP were among several police detachments who combined to arrest an allegedly impaired driver accused of driving dangerously including driving the wrong way on Highway 2A. The incident occurred on Saturday, July 16. At 12:16 p.m.

It was never about the stuff Paris Perry could find, the sentimental – sometimes valuable – mementoes buried under crumbled houses.

A local dentist is having a new building constructed on the site of the former Olds Junior-Senior High School, along Highway 27, just west of the new Cam Clark Ford location. Dr.