Olds News

Olds RCMP are short a few officers, a local RCMP officer says. During the Sept. 23 meeting of the Olds and District Community Policing Advisory Society, vice-chair Bonny Bellamy asked Olds RCMP Cpl.

The Rotary Club of Olds has named its 2014 Citizen of the Year, Youth Citizen of the Year and Humanitarian of the Year.

Bowden town council has rejected a request by a home builder for a tax break on a house that may be built in the town.

A second-year University of Calgary medical student liked doing a practicum in Olds so much last year that she returned this year to pitch Olds to other doctors who might move here in the future.

A 48-year-old man who suffered a stroke last year is walking from Olds to Red Deer Oct. 2-4 to raise money and awareness for the Heart and Stroke Foundation. The event is called the Heart and Stroke and Stroll to Success.

Police are asking for your help to find a man wanted for fraud-related charges in Olds and a wide swath of Alberta, stretching from Chestermere to St. Paul. The suspect is 31-year-old Bradly Barry Kowalczyk.

Wildrose Party Leader Danielle Smith will join local Olds-Didsbury Three Hills MLA Bruce Rowe and special guests at an Oktoberfest event in Olds, Oct. 23.

The Sept. 16 issue of the Olds Albertan misspelled Dr. Michael From's last name in the story titled, “Special brain surgery changes local girl's life.” We apologize for the error.

An Olds Habitat for Humanity homeowner and her son have not only seen big changes in their housing, they've also had to deal with a major medical challenge. In December 2011, Angie Durant's son Ty, 11, was diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy.

Police confirm that a 52-year-old Olds motorcyclist died in a fatal vehicle collision that closed Highway 2A at Twp. Rd. 324 for nearly two hours on Sept. 19. The collision occurred at 4:15 p.m. and the highway was reopened at about 6 p.m.