Olds News

The Municipal Planning Commission granted approval to S.Y. & S. Restaurant Ltd for a development permit to construct a restaurant at 5509 and 5513 46 Street in Olds. The decision was made at the commission's meeting on June 16.

The Olds Elementary School Care Club recently reached — and surpassed — its goal of raising $15,000 to build a school in India.

Merchants and residents alike can breath easier as construction nears completion for the stretch of 50 Ave that extends from 46 St (Hwy. 27) to 49 St.

Parked along 20 Street beside the train station, were rows of motorcycles Saturday afternoon and into the early evening. Ninety-two riders finished the fourth Rural Ride For Dad over the weekend, raising money and awareness for prostate cancer.

Kurtis Layden, an Olds High School student, was among a group of students invited to Government House in Edmonton last week to talk to Dave Hancock, minister of education and Ray Danyluk, minister of infrastructure, about new schools the government i

Talking on a cellphone while driving is on its way out in Alberta. So is texting, programming GPS devices and eating. The province announced Wednesday the distracted driving law that will come into effect September 1st.

A school bus driver being hailed as a hero after she brought her crippled bus to a stop after it drove over a washed-out section of road last week said she is overwhelmed by the attention.

The Airdrie and District Humane Society will be getting a hand from the Community Learning Campus later in July when the CLC hosts a benefit Strut Your Mutt walk/jog for the organization.

This Saturday, motorcycle riders across Central Alberta will be roaring into Didsbury to help encourage men to get checked out and feel more comfortable talking about cancers below the belt.

Over the weekend, friends of the late James Cocke, the beloved coach of the Bowden Atom Blades hockey team, threw a fundraiser to support his young family.