Olds News

Olds RCMP say police are stepping up Alberta checkstops to discourage and possibly arrest those who drink and drive this holiday season.

A John Deere tractor belonging to the Mountain View Regional Waste Management Commission was stolen after the Didsbury landfill was broken into during a weekend in late November.

Chinook's Edge School Division -- one of the largest rural school divisions in the province -- has many examples of staff who are related to one another.

People attending the second annual Olds and District Hospice Society Tree of Remembrance light-up ceremony received some comforting words from Pastor John Lentz of St. Paul's Lutheran Church. Lentz quoted the Gospel of St.

Four vehicles were stolen in the Olds area and two in Bowden from Nov. 21 to Dec. 4, RCMP say. A Ram 1500 pickup was stolen from a home in the 6400 block of 53 Street in Olds. It was found a week later in Red Deer. On Nov.

Several Olds and area businesses have been hit by tire thieves in the last few weeks. One incident occurred just this past Monday.

Starting in the new year, Bowden residents will be shelling out 50 cents more per person to help the town's library keep up with expenses. Town council last week approved a 50-cent increase in per capita funding for the library.

A Sundre-area woman and a Red Deer-area man were scheduled to appear in Didsbury court Monday facing several drug and traffic charges – even a charge of soliciting the services of a prostitute.

Bowden town council has chosen a transitional chief administrative officer (CAO) who will remain in place until a new CAO can start work.

Council set two special meetings to review its 2016 budgets. The first one took place yesterday (Monday, Nov. 30). The second will be held next Monday, Dec. 7 at 1 p.m. On Nov. 23, the town tabled its interim 2016 operating and capital budgets.