Olds News

The Red Deer Doula Association (RDDA) is making a humanitarian trip to Honduras in June and among those going on the trip is Olds resident Christa Duquette.

A Sundre man voluntarily turned himself in last week after being charged in connection with a fatal crash that claimed the life of an Olds resident, said police.

A movie theatre, arcade, casino and more housing could one day be built west of Walmart, if a proposal by a developer becomes reality. Centcom Construction Ltd. is in negotiations to purchase a 12.

On Wednesday, April 3 Olds residents Helen and Jake Siemens did something very, very few couples ever get to do. They celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary with family and friends, who came from as far as B.C. and the Edmonton area.

Shop teachers throughout Chinook’s Edge School Division became students themselves, as they’ve worked alongside Olds College journeyman welding instructors for the past two years.

A vehicle collided with a power pole east of Olds on Friday, April 5, causing some small fires which were put out in less than an hour. The incident occurred at about 4 p.m. on Rge. Rd. 284.1 about a mile south of Highway 27.

The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) is providing $250,000 to Olds College in support of on-campus wellness programming.

The Olds Municipal Library is holding its first-ever Library Giving Day campaign. This one-day online event, part of an international library fundraiser, will occur on Wednesday, April 10. A pop-up kiosk will be set up at Westview Co-op from 10 a.m.

A Drumheller man faces at least three charges in connection with a truck police say was stolen in Olds.

Olds is a good place to grow hemp, a variety of cannabis, which can be used to create many useful products, a speaker says. That was the message from Jan Slaski, a principal researcher of plant sciences for Innotech Alberta.