Olds News

Town council gave the go-ahead to Coun. Harvey Walsh to support the approval of the South Red Deer Regional Wastewater Commission's governance and administration budget for 2014 to 2016. The approval was given at town council's Nov. 25 meeting.

Town staff and extra crews were continuing to clear snow from the Dec. 2 blizzard that struck the community right up to the weekend.

A pair of kittens rescued after they were dumped in a recycling bin and nearly killed by a baling machine are still up for adoption.

From a warm winter to a cold, wet spring and a dry summer, 2013 had a bit of every type of weather. While the big event of the year was flooding throughout other parts of the province, Olds wasn't immune to the rains that came in May and June.

A group of about 25 people involved with uptown businesses gave their feedback to town staff and consultants preparing the Uptowne Area Redevelopment Plan on Dec. 11 at the Olds Elks Hall.

As part of what's being called an “experimentation” with ways to better the systems the Town of Olds uses to operate, the town will spend 2014 looking at how to improve its relations, both internally and externally, and the overall way it carries out

The operating budget is $24,073,555 while the capital budget is $4,497,200.

Police have laid 21 fraud-related charges against an Olds man accused of defrauding area businesses for more than a year. Stephen Winter, 39, was arrested after Olds RCMP members responded to a call on Nov.

Losing the Team Roping Canada Finals hasn't seemed to faze the Olds Agricultural Society. The Calgary Stampede announced on Dec.

As snow removal crews worked through the weekend to clean up in the aftermath of the blizzard that struck Olds on December 2 and 3, the town's administration was tallying the costs of digging out from the storm.