Olds News

The Town of Olds will be conducting its own census next month to capture data administrators believe wasn't collected in the federal census in 2011.

The Town of Olds is actively seeking new recruits to join the Family and Community Support Services board. Five members of council were reappointed to the board at council's meeting on Feb. 25.

The Camrose Police Service arrested a man and woman from Didsbury on Feb. 15 in connection to alleged mailbox thefts in Olds and other communities throughout the province in recent weeks.

After he was separated from his wife and children last spring due to abuse charges, David, a 32-year-old man from Olds, was desperate for a way to rejoin his family.

Bowden cat owners may soon face the same regulations as dog owners as the Town of Bowden modernizes its animal control bylaw. At its Feb.

Olds High School students collected 844 pairs of jeans during their Teens for Jeans campaign, which ended on Feb. 23. The campaign was started on Jan. 14 by students in the school's leadership class and was originally to run until Feb.

Sean Hogan will be bringing his unique mix of country and roots rock to the Century Theatre on March 14 as part of his Stay-cation Winter-capades tour. He also plays the Olds Legion on March 16.

The chair of the Uptowne Olds committee is not worried about several empty storefronts in the core, noting that several strategies are being undertaken to fill vacancies that now exist.

They were still unpacking bowls for the kitchen and the paint wasn't quite dry on the stairwell handrails, but the Olds Fire Department was calling its new hall off of 65 Avenue home as of Feb. 18.

Given its age, Bill Quinney was astonished at just how good Olds College looked on Feb. 22, 100 years— to the day— after a bill was introduced in the Alberta legislature that established the school.