Olds News

In a split 4-3 decision, town council agreed at its meeting on June 10 to donate two former town lots on 48 Avenue and 52 Street to Habitat For Humanity Southern Alberta. Coun.

The Sorrell family finally started taking down the Christmas decorations at their Mississauga, Ont., home this past weekend.

The Olds Communities in Bloom (CIB) committee will work with Ecole Deer Meadow School on developing a garden at the school in the fall as part of the committee's work this year.

A pair of recently graduated Olds College students will travel to Leipzig, Germany, from July 2 to 7 to take part in the World Skills Competition in landscape architecture.

A local man with ties to Turkey is watching the unfolding events in Istanbul with great interest.

Olds will be one hopping town from June 20 to 23 as the community celebrates the Summer Oldstice and Olds College’s centennial.

As the world marked the 69th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy during the Second World War on June 6, roughly 100 people gathered at the Bowden Cemetery for the dedication of a new monument indicating the final resting place of many of th

After allegedly stealing a number of vehicles in the region at gunpoint and reportedly firing upon police, a 30-year-old man wanted for attempted murder in Sylvan Lake was arrested in Red Deer early on the morning of June 10.

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.