Olds News

Olds residents Grace and Don Fletch are heading into a new era. For more than 25 years, they've organized the annual Terry Fox Run in Olds to raise money for cancer research. But as the run took place this past Sunday, Sept.

To 16-year-old Cadence Wenc McIntyre of Olds, the persistent headaches she experienced since infancy were a fact of life.

In response to illegal dumping at the recycling centre on 49 Avenue, the Town of Olds will be locking the gates nightly starting next month. On Sept. 8, councillors voted to start restricting access to the recycling centre past 9 p.m. on Oct. 1.

The Battle of Olds is being recreated again. The event, a dispute between Olds citizens and Canadian Pacific Railway officials and involving local police, occurred in 1907.

For the second year in a row, an 11-year-old Olds resident has raised the most money in a Central Alberta fundraiser for Parkinson's disease.

The crime rate in Olds is very low, according to Olds RCMP detachment commander Staff Sgt. Joe Sangster. He made that comment during an Olds and District Chamber of Commerce meeting Sept. 10 at the Ramada. “You folks in this community are very lucky.

Police are asking for your help to find a man wanted for fraud-related charges in Olds and a wide swath of Alberta, stretching from Chestermere to St. Paul. The suspect is 31-year-old Bradly Barry Kowalczyk.

Bowden town council has set dates and times for two important meetings. An open house, to enable councillors to receive praise and concerns from Bowden residents will be held Oct. 20, 7 p.m. at the Friendship Centre (located west of the arena).

Five thousand acts of good by June 2015 — that is the goal Dorothy Negropontes has set for the Town of Olds. On Sept.

More than 70 people gathered at the Pomeroy Inn and Suites on Sept. 9 to hear members of the O-NET board of directors clear the air about the company at its town hall meeting.