Olds News

The prize for the second annual Professional Bareback Challenge at Bowden Daze is a lot bigger this year, says Keith Bailey, president of the Bowden Ag Society, the group which organizes the event.

Bowden chief administrative officer James Mason is hopeful the town's north sewage lift station can be replaced by Christmas “if we are really successful.” But he warns “it could take till this time next year if we have a few hiccups.

Olds RCMP are leading a positive ticketing campaign this summer in hopes of encouraging young cyclists to wear their helmets.

At its June 27 meeting, council approved a $25,000 contribution in each of the next three fiscal years toward the upgrades of the Olds Regional Exhibition's (ORE) commercial kitchen. The town's total contribution from 2017-19 will be $75,000.

The Community Learning Campus has announced Jackie Taylor as its new director. Taylor grew up in Olds, and graduated from Olds Junior-Senior High School before working for both Chinook's Edge and Wolf Creek school divisions.

In its latest decision, Canada Post has rejected a request by postal workers to extend the July 2 “cooling off” deadline by two weeks.

Olds College (OC) computer systems and data are safe from hackers, says Joe Guenther, OC's director of information technology.

Bowden town council has voted to hire an engineering company to begin the process of replacing its north sewage lift station. During its June 27 meeting, council voted to hire the town's longtime engineering firm, Tagish Engineering Ltd.

Council gave first reading on June 27 to a site-specific amendment to the land use bylaw adding "medical marijuana facility" as a permitted use to 5807 47 Ave.

Next week, July 10-15, Olds College will be hosting the Post-Secondary International Network's (PIN) 2016 Executive Leadership Conference.