Olds News

The Olds Institute for Community and Regional Development is currently putting together a committee to develop a tourism strategy.

A story about the Capital One Boys and Girls Club Race for Kids contained an error. It's $10 a person to register. If teams raise $400 in total they are eligible for race prizes. If they raise $800 they obtain race incentives.

This Thursday night and Friday afternoon, the Olds Lions Club will be participating in -- and coordinating -- the first annual Local Initiative in Olds for Neat Surroundings (LIONS) Pick Up Garbage (PUG) event.

Local resident Kelly Niemeyer is part of an effort to send pet supplies to those affected by the wildfires in Fort McMurray. Along with Oasis Tanning Lounge, she's collecting crates, food, toys, leashes, blankets and other goods.

Employees and owners of an Olds trucking company are still looking for donations to take up to Fort McMurray fire evacuees. CLS (Central Logistic Solutions) is accepting monetary donations through e-transfer: info@clsolds.

An Olds resident wants to set up a town-wide garage sale with proceeds going to the Red Cross to help victims of the Fort McMurray-area wildfires. Sue Smyth's plan is for the sale to take place on Saturday, May 14 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Fort McMurray evacuees who've arrived in the area say they've been struck by the generosity shown by their fellow Albertans.

Texas Mickey Bar owner Jen Casavant’s plan to keep her bar in business cleared a big hurdle this week.

You can soon watch the Olds Victoria Hotel burn down all over again. The Mountain View Museum and Archives has digitized VHS footage from the fire that destroyed the building about 30 years ago. It will be part of a new exhibit at the museum.

Olds has become a key centre for people collecting donations to give to wildfire victims in Fort McMurray and area, according to a spokesman. “As it turns out, Olds has become one of the biggest donation centres.