Olds News

A new kind of Pokémania playing out in communities around the world has literally hit the streets of Olds.

An Olds College trades instructor says students in the heavy equipment program are still managing to get jobs, despite the downturn in the economy. “It's slower, for sure.

Of the 66 total tickets issued during an Olds RCMP-led traffic blitz along Highway 27 last week, half of them were for tinted windows. The RCMP's Cpl.

As part of Canada's 150th birthday celebration next year, a special strain of tulip bulbs has been created. It's white with red flames and when it blooms, it resembles the Canadian flag.

The Deer Meadow School gardening academy has blossomed as much as the plants it cares for.

Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills MLA and Wildrose Party house leader Nathan Cooper is coy on how he feels about the possibility of Calgary MP Jason Kenney winning the Alberta Progressive Conservative party leadership and trying to create one conservative pa

Last week's enforcement campaign took place from July 6-7 in partnership with the town's community peace officers.

The Town of Olds, in conjunction with the Olds Fire Department, does not plan to set off any fireworks now until at least Sept. 2.

Olds Communities in Bloom co-chair Linda Maxwell is hoping community residents will plant some trees this fall in memory of Donna Coonfer, a longtime CIB member who passed away in late June.

The Town of Olds' Loonies for Lappage campaign concluded last week with a $5,000 cheque for the local wrestler who's headed for the Rio Olympics next month.