Olds News

A fire completely destroyed a farm shop and addition near Torrington Wednesday (Feb. 17). The fire, called in at 12:13 a.m., occurred at 32510 Rural Road 274, south of Highway 27 and about a mile east of Highway 791.

100 years ago Pioneer passes away John Gardner Deans, 63, the first Caucasian man to marry in Calgary, passed away. Deans was born in Glasgow, Scotland on March 27, 1852 and immigrated to Ontario in 1876, where he met Mary Miers.

A server who refused to give a would-be armed robber any money, may have thought she was doing the right thing, but Olds & District Community Policing Advisory Society secretary-treasurer Judy Schlichenmayer says it was actually the wrong thing – a m

A tax rate increase could be in store for residents. At its Feb. 8 meeting, administration briefed council on its 2016 initial operating budget, which projects a $227,731 deficit. One possibility could be a 1-1.

The hotdog you get at the second annual Spring Fling charity fundraiser this year won't just be any hotdog. It will be a fancy one, says Tracy Gardner, who co-chairs the Spring Fling organizing committee, along with Hugh Bodmer.

One councillor doesn't think there's been enough thought put into cat licensing under the draft community standards bylaw. Coun.

Council agreed to remove the seasonal provisions for RV parking as it reviewed the community standards bylaw at its Feb. 8 meeting. In its draft form, the bylaw had a set of rules for spring and summer but another for winter.

Two armed robberies – one “successful” and one attempted – as well as break-ins to businesses and homes underline the need for people to co-operate with police and each other to fight crime.

Local resident Nish Naidoo is revealing his identity as creator of the popular Facebook page, Humans of Olds.

Olds mayor Judy Dahl sees opportunity to convince the NDP government to pay for advance green turning signals at Highway 27 and 57 Avenue. "We have a new government. They seem to think differently. So how will we know if we don't ask," Dahl said.