Olds News

The Jack Anderson Auto Auction is set to go on June 23 at 10 a.m. at the Cow Palace. More than 100 vehicles donated by Anderson, a Calgary-area businessman, will be up for bid in support of the Olds College legacy fund.

The Olds Hospital and Care Centre’s surgical program expanded in 2013 to include general orthopedic surgeries and orthopedic trauma procedures.

Dustin Piper, the Olds man accused of murdering 40-year-old Garland Curtis of Airdrie in January, has yet to make a plea before the court.

After a nine-month absence, the fossil of a prehistoric reptile will return to the area where it rested for roughly 60 million years.

The owner of the stallion killed at Olds College last September is speaking out on the incident for the first time.

For Jane Reksten, the 10 hectares of ponds, trees, walkways and plants on the northeast edge of Olds College's campus isn't just a re-creation of a wetland system. It's a “living classroom.

Despite an alert by the Town of Olds to conserve water because of potential problems at the Anthony Henday Water Treatment Plant, water safety was never an issue, said the chair of the Mountain View Regional Water Services Commission.

Police have arrested a 46-year-old man from Olds in relation to the June 4 robbery of the TD Canada Trust on 50 Avenue. Rory Alan Jackson is charged with robbery and theft under $5,000 and was arrested June 12 at his home in Olds.

Police are warning the public about a man and woman considered armed and dangerous who investigators believe are linked to an attempted murder incident that happened on the evening of June 3 near Sylvan Lake and allegedly stole a vehicle at gunpoint on the morning of June 7 east of Olds.

Without a group of Ecole Deer Meadow School students, Maxine Spence would have had no idea that toilets in newer schools don't have tanks behind them or that Grade 5 students aren't allowed to use whiteout.