Olds News

A record number of shoeboxes filled with supplies for children have been collected at First Baptist Church in Olds and are now in Calgary being sorted for delivery to needy children and families around the world.

The Town of Olds will be removing trees along Highway 2A (southbound) from Highway 27 to 47th Street today (Tuesday, Dec. 2). Traffic will be diverted to 49th Avenue effective immediately until approximately 3 p.m. this afternoon.

A man accused in connection with the trashing of an Olds business will be back in court Jan. 26. Boyd Raymond Fleming is charged with break and enter and mischief in connection with the break-in to – and trashing of – Torrock Towing in Olds.

Due to the very cold weather forecast for this weekend, the Olds Fashioned Christmas Light Up parade and outdoor activities have been postponed until next Saturday, Dec. 6.

Innisfail-Sylvan Lake MLA Kerry Towle was one of two Wildrose MLAs who bolted yesterday (Nov. 24) from the provincial official Opposition to the governing Progressive Conservative Party.

Fifty-eight people registered for the first-ever Santa Run, held in Olds on Saturday, Nov. 22. The event, now expected to be an annual occurrence, is a fundraiser for the Olds Regional Exhibition (ORE).

Mountain View Power (MVP), a community-operated local electricity provider, is almost certainly getting into the gas provision business too. That could happen as early as this coming January, says Olds Institute (OI) executive director Mitch Thomson.

Members of a local paintball team are looking at joining a professional paintball league. Some have also expressed interest in joining another amateur league that would specialize in “woodsball,” a primarily outdoor-style of paintball.

Mountain View Power is considering setting up a wireless network (Wi-Fi) service in Olds. During a meeting this past week, the Olds Institute (OI) board, which oversees Mountain View Power, agreed to fund a $12,000 study to look into that idea.

Olds High School is $20,000 closer to meeting its fundraising target for the 2015 Alberta Student Leadership Conference (ASLC) thanks to a donation from the Olds Lions Club announced on Nov. 18.