Olds News

Olds College hosted its largest-ever gala on Friday, seating about 500 patrons at the Ralph Klein Centre.

Premier Alison Redford announced yesterday that the general election will be held on April 23.

In its first full year in operation at the new building, the Olds Municipal Library continues to grow in popularity, library board members heard at the organization's annual general meeting on Wednesday.

A man has again reserved his plea for a traffic ticket that was laid after a collision that resulted in a fatality in October.

With less than three days to go, Olds College has sold more than 480 tickets for its Cirque du Gala event. The gala, which was traditionally held at the Olds College Alumni Centre, will now take place in the Ralph Klein Centre this Friday.

Wildrose candidate Bruce Rowe officially opened his office in Olds last Saturday. More than 100 people from across the constituency stopped in during the afternoon to chat with Rowe and to eat free hamburgers at the office, located at 5018 46 Street.

Olds and District Chamber of Commerce members received some good news at their annual general meeting last Wednesday. The chamber added almost 20 new members in 2011, with a membership now totalling more than 225 members.

Alberta Auditor General Merwan Saher has advised Olds College to “significantly improve its (financial) processes and internal controls.

The Olds RCMP detachment is currently investigating one vandalism incident and one theft incident that happened during the weekend of March 9. The first incident took place at Champion Cycle Powersports.

Bowden town council unanimously rejected a request from Badger Daylighting Hydrovac Services to temporarily hook up to the town water supply to complete a two-month-long job near Bowden.