Olds News

The new chief administrative officer for the Town of Olds can't wait to get started, although he says he'll need some time to become familiar with the community.

Olds RCMP have some advice for drivers in the wake of a road rage incident in an Olds parking lot.

Last week, a classified ad, alleged to be fraudulent, ran in the Mountain View Gazette, which is bundled with the Olds Albertan. If you responded to an ad seeking a caregiver for a mother-in-law, please be aware that it could be a scam.

A local woman says she's lucky she didn't end up losing $3,000 after answering a job posting and receiving an allegedly fraudulent cheque in the mail last Thursday (April 6).

Padnoma Support Services, one of the three beneficiaries of this year's Spring Fling fundraiser, plans to use the money it receives to obtain a vehicle and expand its grocery purchase/delivery service.

The principal of Ècole Olds Elementary School will be leaving his post after this school year is through. After three-and-a-half years, Rod MacLean will be headed to the Chinook's Edge School Division this fall as division principal.

Two local guys who operate a small startup firm in Olds say they enjoyed an entrepreneurs' conference in Olds and would gladly go to another one. Dan Kemmere and Tyson Gardner run TyKem Electric Ltd.

Girls from the GEMS Club (Girls Everywhere Meeting the Saviour) at Olds First Baptist Church set to work last month earning a badge that is also benefiting new mothers around town.

The town of Olds issued a public notice yesterday afternoon (April 10) advising that water quality is being affected by heavy run-off conditions over the past week.

2nd annual garbage cleanup gets green light Henry Czarnota and Marty Konsmo made a presentation on behalf of the Olds Lions Club asking council to help support a local cleanup initiative that's headed into its second iteration.