Olds News

Olds RCMP are investigating the theft of a quad that occurred between May 28 and June 11 at a property east of Olds. “The quad was parked in a farmyard, covered with a tarp, keys in the ignition,” said Cpl. Troy Byrt of the Olds RCMP.

Wild Rose MP Blake Richards announced last Friday that the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 105 Olds received an $18,000 grant from the federal government's New Horizons for Seniors Program.

With the Redford government recently announcing it is suing tobacco companies for $10 billion to recover health-care costs associated with tobacco use, the findings of a new national survey of youth smoking habits highlight the benefits of early inte

The Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron 185 Olds received a surprise last Thursday during its annual inspection. The squadron was named top regional cadet support unit in the Prairie Region, an honour it had previously won a few years ago.

A $15-million expansion project will add a new 96-bed medium security unit at Bowden Institution. The construction follows a $9.

The Town of Olds' senior population is double the provincial average, according to 2011 Census numbers released by Statistics Canada in May.

Olds College has partnered with 4-H and Bayer CropScience to host an international 4-H summit, which will be held in August 2013, during the college's centennial year. “This is the hundredth anniversary of Olds College in 2013.

A Rotary club member from Uganda stopped in Olds last week to tell about the successful partnership between Olds and his club to provide clean water to area children affected by the AIDS epidemic.

The Town of Olds is looking for input into the Parks and Trails Master Plan. A survey has gone out to gather input on how parks, trails and other recreational spaces should be tailored to suit citizens going into the future.

Olds RCMP joined a score of other police officers last week to apprehend a Carstairs man allegedly seen by local citizens driving impaired and carrying a long barrelled shotgun.