Olds News

The Hepps were honoured this year as the rural family of the year at the Olds Agricultural Society's sixth annual Chautauqua. Brian, Melanie and daughters Cassandra, Kyla, Amanda and Brittany moved to Olds in 2003 where CKFM was founded a year later.

Flooded out families from Braeburn Estates have begun moving back into their townhouse units this week while others are still being temporarily housed throughout the community.

Members of the Innisfail RCMP's Integrated Traffic Unit are looking for a blue or black Dodge minivan that may have contributed to a fatal crash Thursday afternoon about five kilometres north of Highway 27 on the Queen Elizabeth II Highway.

The move to the new building has allowed the Olds Municipal Library to be much more flexible in its offerings to the public and has been a great boon to staff, according to the library manager.

The Subdivision Development Appeal Board heard arguments for and against an appeal of a Municipal Planning Commission decision rejecting the application of Brent Kolb to house a meat-smoking operation in his residential garage last week.

Students in Bruce Madore's Grade 9 social studies class are organizing an all-candidates forum to be held on Thursday at 7 p.m. at the TransCanada Theatre.

One of two suspects charged in a street stabbing attack in Olds April 15 remains in custody following a court appearance last week.

Four of the five candidates running in the federal Wild Rose riding discussed a host of topics during a two hour forum in Airdrie on Thursday, including their respective plans and proposals for the national economy, government accountability and envi

The opinions of hundreds of Olds residents may be solicited by a world leading marketing research firm to help municipal officials benchmark operations performance.

The Town of Olds council voted last week to temporarily take over the community's Family and Community Support Services board. Council has had trouble in filling the board positions over the last two years.