Olds News

Three of four current Olds councillors who were undecided earlier this year about seeking re-election in October have decided to run again. Debbie Bennett Dubak said she has decided to run for a second term.

The Olds Institute For Community and Regional Development has hired Mitch Thompson to act as its interim executive director. Thompson will begin a six-month term on Sept. 16.

One year has passed since Clintons Cigar, a 15-year-old standardbred stallion, was killed at Olds College and the pain of the loss still lingers in the school’s equine science program.

A 25-year-old Edmonton man accused of having between $300,000 and $500,000 in his possession when he was pulled over by police on Highway 2 on April 8, made a brief court appearance on Sept. 9.

Olds College will be working with a Calgary-based environmental company to improve on a process to recycle nutrients and water from manure. Livestock Water Recycling Inc.

About 10 greenhouse operators from across the province were in Olds on September 5 and 6 at the annual general meeting of the Alberta Greenhouse Growers Association. Another eight members of the association's board joined them for the meeting.

Leading up to the start of the second annual Community Learning Campus Mud Run on Sept. 7, most of the nearly 1,350 adults participating in the event were hardly able to contain their excitement.

The Central Alberta Pregnancy Care Centre based in Red Deer is planning to open a “satellite” facility in Olds in 2014.

A massive research project looking into the causes of cancer has set up shop in Olds this week.

Olds College will be hosting a seminar in February 2014 focusing on the latest research relating to canola.