Olds News

Everything Olds (EO) is trying an experiment — the first-ever Spring Community Showcase, where parents can sign up their kids for various clubs and organizations that operate in the warmer months. They can sign up for year-round activities as well.

BOWDEN — Mayor Robb Stuart and Coun. Paul Webb will be representing the Town of Bowden during the annual Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) conference and trade show in Quebec City this spring.

BOWDEN -- Town council has approved plans for the community's first showcase for businesses — both storefront and home-based. Plans for that event were unveiled during council's Jan. 28 meeting.

Former NHL player Jay Rosehill is joining the Calgary Fire Department this month. He credits his time with the Olds Fire Department as being key in getting him that opportunity.

She may now be 100 years old, but local resident Alice McKitterick is in far better shape than some people decades younger than her. McKitterick turned 100 on Jan. 27. Her family held a big birthday party for her at the Olds Legion.

The second annual Community Learning Campus (CLC) Ride For Mental Health didn't reach its 6,000 kilometre (K) target, but organizer Steven Bowie, the recreation and special events programmer for the CLC, is still relatively pleased with how it went.

Local resident Alice McKitterick is 100 years young. She celebrated her 100th birthday on Jan. 27 in the Olds Legion with more than 100 family members and friends.

BOWDEN -- Some people have indicated interest in tiny homes proposed for downtown Bowden, acting chief administrative officer Jacqui Molyneux says, even though the land envisioned for them has not even been rezoned to allow residential housing.

BOWDEN - Councillors have voted to spend $10,000 (plus GST) to rebrand the Town of Bowden. Councillors made that decision during a council meeting earlier this month, accepting a proposal by Okotoks-based Rynic Communications. Coun.

The rate of property crime in the town of Olds is the lowest it's been since 2014, Staff Sgt. Jim MacDonald says.