Olds News

A local woman battling cancer is optimistic she'll be able to travel to Mexico for specialized treatments this summer after receiving good news about her fight against the disease.

The Olds Art Club’s spring show and sale, featuring the art of Theresa Potter, will be happening at the Bell eLearning Centre on April 6 and 7. Potter is collaborating with Lorene Runham of Olds in the show, dubbed cottonwoodSky.

News of former Alberta premier Ralph Klein's death on March 29 is evoking memories of a man who had the ability to relate to everyone around him.

Town council confirmed utility rate increases on March 26 that were included in the 2013 budget. Council voted to increase the solid waste rates for all customers by 43 cents per month to $19.30 per month.

Dustin Piper, a 23-year-old Olds man charged with first-degree murder, made his first court appearance in Airdrie provincial court via closed-circuit television from the Calgary Remand Centre on March 21.

Olds doesn't share the worries of other Central Alberta communities about the province's plans to eliminate ambulance dispatch services based in Red Deer at the end of the year since ambulance calls for Olds are already dispatched out of the Calgary-

The Olds Municipal Library came in with a surplus of $32,650.85 on revenues of $498,162.07 for 2012. The figures were delivered on March 19 during the library board's annual general meeting.

The deal struck between the Alberta Teachers' Association and the provincial government on March 15 is not the best one, but it's one that area teachers can live with, said the association's local union representative.

In a twist over previous Olds College galas, the 11th version of the event on March 22 – celebrating the institution’s centennial – honoured not only the partner of the year but also of the decade and of the century.

A link to horseracing royalty is calling a stable just west of Olds home for the next several months. And he's ready and willing to pass on some of his prestigious blood.