Olds News

The Olds and District Hospice Society raised $46,200 in 2013 through various fundraising events and donations, members of the society heard on Oct. 9 at the group's annual general meeting.

Alberta Transportation was still aiming as of last week to have a new access system for motorists entering Highway 2 from Highway 27 finished by Oct.

Another big weekend of events will take place at Olds College from October 18 to 20 as the institution hosts a homecoming weekend for former students to coincide with the college's centennial.

While emphasizing the sale has not yet been finalized, the head of the Calgary-based company that has reached a "tentative purchase agreement" to buy Olds’ Banner Pharmacaps plant said he hopes to keep as many of the plant’s current emplo

The South Red Deer Regional Wastewater Commission began pumping 500 cubic metres of wastewater from Olds to the Red Deer treatment plant on Oct. 1.

The three candidates running for the mayor's seat in Olds squared off on Oct. 7 at the Pomeroy Inn and Suites in the only public forum of the 2013 municipal election.

Olds is a relatively safe community and the RCMP is working diligently on making it even safer, said the detachment's commander. “Some criminal activity is down in the community, and I think there's a number of factors that come (into) play.

Police seized a .22-calibre rifle from an Olds residence last week after a 13-year-old Horizon School student allegedly threatened another student at the school on Oct. 1. Staff Sgt.

When Ron Sweetman saw the devastation to the playgrounds at the Calgary Zoo from the June floods up close for the first time last month, he said it was an awful sight to behold. “The whole thing is quite shocking really.

Town council approved a bylaw amendment to move parking spaces in front of mailboxes near Destiny Way at its Sept. 23 meeting.