Olds News

Police said a Wimborne-area woman was scammed out of $36,000 when she applied online for a job in the U.S. The 53-year-old woman applied for a job with a company called Beta Entry Solutions based in Washington state in September, police said.

Various viewpoints from four different ideologies on the topic of forgiveness, punishment and justice were shared during attended the seventh world religions conference hosted at the Olds College Alumni Centre on Nov. 7.

Upon leaving Olds Koinonia Christian School's Remembrance Day ceremony on Nov. 6, Grade 8 student Grace Seeley had a simple message for the men and women who have served, and continue to serve, in Canada's Armed Forces.

With 35 years as a teacher in the region under his belt, Larry Steed was among a long list of staff at local schools who were recognized on Nov. 1 for their contributions to Chinook's Edge School Division.

There's no better place to do business in southern Alberta than Olds, according to Alberta Venture magazine.

Roughly half-a-dozen students from the Olds High School leadership class collected 162 kilograms of non-perishable food items for the Mountain View Food Bank on Halloween.

Local police have arrested four people and recovered tens of thousands of dollars in stolen property in connection to break-and-enters and thefts in Olds and other Central Alberta communities dating back to April. Cpl.

Olds College will receive $689,300 in additional funding from the provincial government as a result of a $50 million commitment the government made to post-secondary schools last week. The funding amounts to a 2.

The Olds community Remembrance Day service begins at 10 a.m. on Nov. 11 at the Ralph Klein Centre auditorium.

Bowden council is again looking at adjusting the rates the Town of Bowden charges for use of its community bus . Bowden’s Community Bus Committee forwarded two rate changes it had approved at its Oct.