Olds News

While golfers worried about sinking birdies, Jason Clouston and his staff at the Olds Central Highlands Golf Course have been focused on making the course a better place for birds and other types of wildlife. On Jan.

The Alberta SPCA confirmed last week that it has an "open investigation" into concerns about a great Pyrenees dog found living in a car in Olds earlier this month.

The Olds Albertan has learned that the man arrested and charged in connection to an armed robbery at the TD Canada Trust bank on Jan. 24 is the same person charged with robbing the same bank in June.

The Olds and District Chamber of Commerce will be hosting a webinar on the federal government's new anti-spam legislation on Jan. 29 at the Olds Municipal Library.

The spirit and memory of Robert Burns are alive and well at Bowden Grandview School. On Jan. 17, Bowden Grandview School library was transformed into a performance theatre to help Grade 4 students and their families celebrate Robbie Burns Day.

Mayor Judy Dahl sent a letter on Jan. 15 to Ken Hughes, the provincial minister of municipal affairs, requesting that the town be approved for a community revitalization levy (CRL).

The number of Criminal Code investigations conducted in Olds in 2013 was up 1.2 per cent to 1,062 over the previous year, according to the Olds RCMP.

The new Mountain View Credit Union building on 65 Avenue opened for business on Jan. 13. The 4,050-square-metre building houses the credit union's local branch and administrative staff along with a business banking centre and support services.

Town officials are not happy that the Bowden Institution has decided to pull out of the South Red Deer Regional Wastewater Line and instead build more capacity at the facility's lagoons.

One of Stacia Keenan's favourite memories of her younger brother Garland Curtis is of a Christmas at Garland's home in Airdrie several years ago.