Olds News

At press time, Bowden town council was expected to consider a tax hike in the one per cent range overall for taxpayers.

Chinook Country Veterinary Clinic staff are amazed and extremely grateful for the support they received to make a house into a new home for Fort McMurray wildfire evacuees.

An Olds resident and her friends are planning a barbecue lunch to raise money for Fort McMurray evacuees.

An Olds trucking firm has decided to specialize in what they collect for Fort McMurray evacuees. They're now concentrating on big stuff like furniture, as well as gaming systems like Xboxes.

The Uptowne Olds committee, which opposed a bylaw amendment to allow “adult entertainment” – which could include strippers – in the Texas Mickey bar, says they'll live with town council's decision to allow it there.

Texas Mickey Bar owner Jen Casavant still sounds relieved, days after securing a huge victory at last week's May 9 council meeting to add "adult entertainment establishment" as a permitted use to the property her business operates on.

Olds High School was designated as just the sixth Fair Trade School in Canada this month. The status is awarded by the Canadian Fair Trade Network and Fairtrade Canada.

Spring Fling, a fundraiser for four local charities or non-profits in the community, raised more money than expected. As a result, those charities got bigger cheques than anticipated.

Baseball and softball players in town could soon have a place to swing their bats year-round.

A road-weary Fort McMurray family of five is looking for a place to live in Olds after fleeing this month's wildfires.