Olds News

Olds College was honoured with three Association of Canadian Community Colleges awards for excellence, including two gold and a bronze, at a ceremony in Penticton, B.C. over the weekend.

Olds Healthcare Lifeline, a medical alert service designed to help seniors live in their own homes, is holding a celebration to mark its one-year anniversary as the preferred medical alarm provider of the Olds Healthcare Fundraising Committee, at the

Staff from the Town of Olds are monitoring the effects of recent rains in the community closely. According to Ken Ryning, who runs the weather station at Olds College, 81.8 millimetres of rain fell from May 23 through May 26.

The board of governors of Olds College passed the institution’s 2013-14 budget of $50,279,000 at its monthly meeting on May 23, giving the college a surplus of $893,000 for the upcoming year.

Leaving an exotic snake that was once a pet on a roadway or in the forest to fend for itself is no different than dumping a puppy or a kitten.

Town staff will be reviewing recreational vehicle parking over the summer months with the hope that town council will approve a recommendation to amend Olds' Land Use Bylaw in September.

Police no longer consider a Mountain View County resident a suspect in the death of a stallion at Olds College last September following a polygraph test on May 17. Acting Cpl. S.D.

Since his lawyer is still waiting for information from police about their investigation, a court appearance for the Olds man accused of murdering an Aidrie resident in January was put over until June 6.

Fielding questions from local parents and service providers as well as several Opposition MLAs about how funding cuts will affect services offered under the provincial Persons with Developmental Disabilities program (PDD), Alberta's associate ministe

Canada Post has pledged it will not cut any jobs at its Olds outlet as a result of the corporation consolidating its mail sorting activities in larger centres, a Canada Post spokesman said.