Olds News

More than $2,000 was raised at a special fundraiser Sept. 28 at the Olds Recreation Centre to help send a local registered massage therapist to Vietnam to provide infant and pediatric massage to challenged children.

The shelves of Sobeys and Co-op food stores will be stocked with meat from High River's Cargill plant as the temporary shutdown of its rival XL Foods in Brooks continues into its second week.

At first Sandra Comer thought she witnessed the spellbinding movements of a tiny elusive hummingbird in front of her house, hovering above her flowers; its wings flapping in a mesmerizing blur dozens of times per second in search of nectar.

About 100 people turned out Wednesday evening to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Deer Meadow School.

An Olds man faces more criminal charges after allegedly stealing vehicles wile out on bail conditions related to his arrest in connection with a drug and stolen property seizure in early September.

Bowden Instituion guards were among the over 500 correctional officers who protested in front of Stephen Harper's constituency office in Calgary on Sept. 15.

A man charged after a devastating crash left four Filipino workers dead pleaded guilty to charges of criminal negligence causing death when he appeared in Red Deer provincial court on Sept. 17.

The Olds Kiwanis Music Festival will be celebrating 30 years this spring and is starting to make plans on how it can mark the occasion.

The Mountain View Seniors' Housing budget for 2013 as well as the business plan to 2016 was presented to Olds council last week, with requisitions to member municipalities being maintained until 2016.

Declaring that “talk is cheap”, a provincial court judge rejected a new plea for leniency against the former manager of an Olds Herbal Magic franchise who stole $22,000 from the owner more than eight years ago and failed to fully pay it back.