Olds News

Bowden town council wants to hammer out a policy on purchasing and replacing municipally-owned equipment.Coun. Sheila Church made the suggestion during town council's Aug. 11 regular meeting.

Olds Grizzlys defenceman and captain Nikolas Koberstein will not be returning to Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL) action this coming season.He has also committed to play hockey and study at the University of Alaska Fairbanks the year after.

Olds officials are hoping to pursue potential improvements to the Highway 2A and Highway 27 intersection as soon as this fall, town Coun. Mary Jane Harper says.Harper made that statement during an Uptowne Olds Committee meeting Aug. 13.

The last time Kelly MacKinnon saw her brother Kevin on Aug. 8 in Bowden Institution, she said prison staff wouldn't let her finish her visitation.“They interrupted our visit. They cut it short. They said this visit was being terminated.

After receiving a grant from Fortis Alberta to be spent on 10 park benches, the Town of Olds is seeking public input on what they should look like.

Construction workers and Uptowne Olds businesses got a taste of nature at work when a bee swarm descended on a construction fence “road closed” sign at 50 Avenue and 51 Street Tuesday, Aug. 12.

The Olds Aquatic Centre reopened to the public Friday afternoon after being shut down for almost a week due to tests that revealed a change in the water's chemical composition that could lead to bacteria growth.

Damage from a hot tub fire in Olds exceeds $10,000, deputy fire chief Brian Powell says.The fire broke out at a plastic-sided hot tub in the yard of a home on 44th Street behind Smitty's. There were no injuries.

The Mountain View Dodge Chrysler Jeep Ram truck rally/show and shine, originally scheduled to be held this past Saturday (Aug. 16) in Olds has been postponed.

An Olds RCMP officer says an 18-year-old Bowden woman hit by a train in Olds is still recovering in hospital.“She's responding well to treatment in hospital,” Cpl. Mike Black says.