Olds News

Bowden resident Joanne Teuling got a nasty surprise as the long weekend came to an end. She had been visiting her sister-in-law in Thorsby, near Leduc.

Olds RCMP Const. Lyle Korver was one of several RCMP officers who went up to Fort McMurray to help out after the city was hit by a giant wildfire in early May.

Nicole Green won a gold medal and more than $4,000 in scholarship money at this year's Canada-Wide Science Fair, held at McGill University in Montreal. It was the Grade 10 student's fourth trip to the national competition.

Olds College and the Mountain View Food Bank (MVFB) have teamed up to help Mountain View County residents affected by the Fort McMurray wildfire and/or the current economic downturn.

Council passed the community standards bylaw at its May 24 meeting, giving third reading to the statute which has been in the works since 2013.

This letter of thanks goes out to all the wonderful people of Olds who have given so much to the community of Fort McMurray.

Olds and District Chamber of Commerce president Stephen Dodwell is pleased that the provincial government is consulting with stakeholders over the next month or so about its plan to increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour.

Olds council's policies and priorities committee is looking at trying for a second time to get a Western Economic Diversification Canada infrastructure grant.

Olds firefighter Noel D'arcy gave it his best shot, but was not able to set a world record for running a marathon in full firefighter gear.

Bowden town council has set this year's tax rates. As a result, Bowden taxpayers will be faced with a two per cent increase in taxes this year.