Olds News

Plains Midstream Canada, one of Western Canada's largest pipeline operation companies, has been in the news frequently in the past four months.

The fire ban issued for Olds on May 8 was lifted by the Olds Fire Department on May 17 thanks to the arrival of cooler, wet weather in the area.

At about 3:30 p.m. on May 16 Olds RCMP, with assistance from Didsbury RCMP, took a man into custody in connection with the discovery of a woman and boy found dead in a northwest Calgary home earlier in the day.

In nearly two decades of firefighting, deputy chief Brian Powell of the Olds Fire Department has never seen a wildfire season like the one the area is currently experiencing.

About 400 Grade 9 students from Olds, Airdrie and Three Hills took part in Junior Achievement programs on May 7 and 8 at Olds College, where they learned about the importance of matching skills to jobs and how to budget in their lives.

A delegation from the Nigerian government met with Olds College officials on May 6 and 7 to help the West African nation set up a series of nine skills centres in the next two years.

Two thieves responsible for thefts from mailboxes in Olds earlier this year are now serving jail time for their crimes.

Upon hearing a sound "like frying bacon" at about 11:15 p.m. on May 8, Dusty Ackerman got out of bed to investigate. "I didn't know what it was, but when I got up, the whole house was on fire," he said.

Speaking to hundreds of students from Olds High School, Ecole Olds Elementary School and Ecole Deer Meadow School on May 13, Spencer West imparted to students the importance of education and the seriousness of water issues in the developing world.

Olds High School maintained its overall ranking in the Fraser Institute's annual measure of high schools throughout the province. This year, as has been the case for the past five years, OHS was ranked 20th out of 279 schools in Alberta.