Olds News

Olds College recently dedicated the school's new brewery as Wilson Hall in honour of two longtime supporters of the college, Roy and Erma Wilson.

When Staff Sgt. Joe Sangster looks at the 2013 policing statistics for his detachment, the numbers tell him that local Mounties are receiving great support from the people they serve.

At least one participant who attended a webinar on Jan. 29 on federal anti-spam legislation has mixed feelings about the federal rules.

Bowden council has thrown its support behind an idea from the commander of the Olds RCMP detachment to create a regional school resource officer position. At its Jan.

Eleven house pets have perished as a result of a rural house fire outside the Bowden Institution's east gate. The blaze, which started shortly before 6 p.m. on Jan. 27, destroyed the single-family dwelling at 35039 Rge. Rd. 10.

Beginning Feb. 5, garbage collection crews in Bowden will only pick up trash from the front of residential and business properties. At its Jan.

UPDATED (Feb. 19, 9 a.m.) During a court appearance in Red Deer on Feb. 18, Rory Jackson, 47, was remanded into custody and will next appear in Red Deer provincial court on Feb.

Despite the frigid temperatures and cramped space, Iris Nunns said living in her car for roughly two weeks in late December and early January wasn’t as bad as it sounds.

The man accused of robbing the Olds TD Canada Trust bank not once, but twice in the last seven months, appeared in Didsbury court on Jan. 29 for a bail hearing that has again been put over.

Bowden council approved a pair of five-year contracts on Jan. 13 for the electricity and natural gas used for town-owned buildings and infrastructure.