Olds News

Nearly 120 people indulged their passions and curiosities last week during the 49th annual Hort Week at Olds College, including 13 people who attended one of the new and more unique programs offered this year on urban chicken keeping.

Undeterred by Bowden council's April 8 decision to turn down a request to rename Bowden's arena in memory of Don "Choppy" Poynter, a trio of women are pressing on to have a community tribute established to honour their friend.

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Denis Patry will be putting his town crier skills to the test from August 1 to 5 in competition against 35 of the world's best. Patry applied to attend the World Invitational Town Crier Championships in Kingston, Ont.

Joining a growing chorus of area companies and individuals, a local business is calling for Alberta Transportation to change or remove a concrete median constructed on Highway 2A earlier this month.

The Town of Olds will move toward making more of its services available online as part of its re-branding strategy that was begun in 2011.

Contractors may come to the Community Learning Campus this week to assess the flood damage to the north gym and the multi-purpose room at the Ralph Klein Centre.

Sixty seniors who were forced out of their homes in Calgary and temporarily relocated to the dormitory facilities at Olds College due to recent flooding returned home on July 12.

Not so much looking for a cure as "a life," Andrea Barker is embarking on a 2,700-kilometre journey this week to receive specialized cancer treatments in northern Mexico.

Members of the Olds Subdivision Development Appeal Board are deliberating a decision after having heard an appeal on July 15 from Art Baker.