Olds News

Olds town council threw its support behind hosting the Pathways to Sustainability (P2S) conference in 2015 at its Aug. 25 meeting. A delegation representing Sustainability Resources Ltd.

For thousands of Olds and area students, the summer holidays will be reduced to mere memories when they return to school on Sept. 2. However, there will still be plenty to look forward to, according to school officials.

A land-use bylaw amendment that would allow an “essential public service” to be provided on land recently acquired by the Town of Olds passed without any fuss at a council meeting on Aug. 25.

The Bowden Community Action Society has accomplished a lot but still remains in good financial shape, according to society treasurer Pat Filipenko. It plans to do more next year, he says.

Bowden Community Action Society treasurer Pat Filipenko says the committee has a plan to solve a complaint about the new skatepark: noise. Filipenko says the committee plans to have spray foam installed underneath the quarter pipe and pyramid.

A fallen police officer's best friend has been honoured before the public and media, a moving event that brought back the heartbreaking memory of the grief endured by the surviving partner before millions of Canadians last spring.

Members of the Olds Fire Department and the Rotary Club of Olds got together Aug. 27 to demonstrate a firehose tester.

Bowden town council's debate over remuneration was not over how much they get paid – that was settled earlier, Mayor Robb Stuart says.

A local-area man was handed a one-year conditional sentence after he pleaded guilty on Aug. 27 in Didsbury court to three counts of breaking and entering into three compounds.

Two students from Olds High School will get to attend the second annual leadership conference put on by the Leadership Centre of Central Alberta, with the Town of Olds paying for their delegate fees. At its Aug.