Olds News

After nearly three years of planning and consultation with business owners, town council passed the uptown area redevelopment plan (UARP) on Jan. 13.

Chinook’s Edge School Division confirmed on Jan. 17 that the former Olds High School site off of Highway 27 has been sold to the Cam Clark Ford Auto Group.

The Olds RCMP have charged the owner of a Jeep that ended up in the way of a fire truck responding to a shop building fire west of Olds on the morning of Jan. 9 with failing to yield to an emergency vehicle under the Traffic Safety Act.

The deluge of snow that has fallen upon Olds in the past three months could mean the zero per cent tax increase approved in the town's budget in December could go out the window.

Ending the cycle of family violence was the objective of a presentation by a former area woman who suffered years of abuse as a child and later as an adult.

Three people, including a woman from Olds, were killed in a head-on crash on Highway 27 four kilometres east of Olds on the evening of Jan. 6.

The Bowden Institution correctional facility will soon receive a high-profile inmate when Omar Khadr is transferred to the facility from Edmonton.

If you haven't received your flu shot yet, it's likely you're out of luck for the season. The Olds Community Health Centre reported its last day of administering influenza vaccines was Jan. 10 and Alberta Health Services announced on Jan.

A group of 14 students from four countries is spending time in Olds during the 2013-14 school year. Students from Brazil, Mexico, Germany and Japan are attending Olds High School while Courtney Schafer from Olds is currently in Belgium.

Accredited Supports to the Community (ASC) was awaiting the expiration of the appeal period on a recent municipal planning commission decision to allow a group home on 42 Street before proceeding with modifying a home to accommodate people with special needs.