Olds News

Students made their way back to school last week after the summer recess, with staff anticipating a busy first few days as everyone gets back to routine.

Town council agreed at its August 27 meeting to guarantee a $4-million loan to the Olds Institute For Community and Regional Development for completion of the Fibre to the Premise Project. Council gave first reading to the bylaw on July 9.

A local woman will be travelling to Vietnam in the fall as part of a group of 20 therapeutic massage practitioners from around North America teaching orphanage workers the therapeutic benefits of massage.

The Cowboy Coffee Company has been flagged by Google maps as the most popular place to have coffee in Central Alberta.

Mayor Judy Dahl says it is important for the Town of Olds to review its dog bylaw in the wake of the horrific recent attack of two pitbulls on a Calgary woman in Sundre earlier this month.

A sentencing date has been set in the fall for an Olds man who pleaded guilty to being responsible in the highway crash death of a nationally recognized Ontario teacher known affectionately as the “Grammar Granny.” On Aug. 20, a Thursday, Nov.

Between 100 and 200 people came out Monday morning in support of Abe Crawford being named Alberta's small town hero. The occasion was in support of judges who visited the community to find out what a difference Crawford has made.

The criteria used to evaluate municipal proposals for a Community Revitalization Levy is currently undergoing review by Alberta Municipal Affairs. At a recent Uptowne Olds meeting, members heard that the entire CRL may be in jeopardy.

August 18th was a day rarely, if ever, experienced by Olds Mounties. During a time span of four hours, local RCMP detachment members responded to seven crashes on the QEII. And they couldn't blame it on road conditions of the weather.

Dave Hogarth is a big bike man. A six-cylinder Honda man in fact. And although he has been an avid recreational rider since 1976, the 58-year-old Olds realtor is organizing one very different but special mission.