Olds News

Eleven house pets have perished as a result of a rural house fire outside the Bowden Institution's east gate. The blaze, which started shortly before 6 p.m. on Jan. 27, destroyed the single-family dwelling at 35039 Rge. Rd. 10.

Beginning Feb. 5, garbage collection crews in Bowden will only pick up trash from the front of residential and business properties. At its Jan.

UPDATED (Feb. 19, 9 a.m.) During a court appearance in Red Deer on Feb. 18, Rory Jackson, 47, was remanded into custody and will next appear in Red Deer provincial court on Feb.

Despite the frigid temperatures and cramped space, Iris Nunns said living in her car for roughly two weeks in late December and early January wasn’t as bad as it sounds.

The man accused of robbing the Olds TD Canada Trust bank not once, but twice in the last seven months, appeared in Didsbury court on Jan. 29 for a bail hearing that has again been put over.

Bowden council approved a pair of five-year contracts on Jan. 13 for the electricity and natural gas used for town-owned buildings and infrastructure.

A debate about proposed changes to the Elks of Canada's principles, dress code and rituals broke out during the visit of the organization's provincial president to the Olds Elks Hall on Jan. 21.

Same bank, same suspect, almost the same crime. The Olds Albertan has learned that the man arrested and charged in connection to an armed robbery at the TD Canada Trust bank on Jan. 24 is the same person charged with robbing the same bank in June .

Town officials will hold a meeting with utility account holders in the community in the near future to try to limit the amount of money owed to the town from overdue accounts.

A $5,368 bill from Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) for railway crossing maintenance has caught the Town of Bowden off guard.