Olds News

Olds High School (OHS) teacher and counsellor Louan Statchuk has received the Canadian Student Leadership Association (CSLA) Leader of Distinction award for Alberta.

Now that we're in an era where it's legal for adults to use cannabis recreationally, it's a good idea for employers to create a policy that spells out their company's position regarding cannabis use in the workplace.

The 50th anniversary celebration and reunion of the ag mech program at Olds College was so successful there's already talk about having another gathering --- perhaps in five years.

Last week during a regularly scheduled Olds council meeting, first reading was given to a bylaw that would change the distance allowed between cannabis retail stores and parks or public buildings like hospitals.

Olds RCMP are warning residents not to leave unattended children in vehicles. This comes after police were called to a local grocery store Nov.

Uptowne Olds' annual Midnight Madness shopping promotion was another great success, according to spokesman Leon Durand of Rips Audio Video. Under the promotion, held this past Friday, Nov.

Tomorrow night (Wednesday, Nov. 21), a new replica of a building will be officially unveiled in the Christmas village in Centennial Park. The replica of the AGT building will be officially unveiled at 6:30 p.m.

BOWDEN - The Town of Bowden now officially has a cannabis consumption bylaw. And if someone contravenes it, they could be hit with fines ranging from $250 to at least $2,000, depending on the offence. Council passed that bylaw during its Nov.

There will be a third PowerUp! Entrepreneurs Conference in Olds, but not until March 2020, says Olds Institute for Community and Regional Development executive director Mitch Thomson.

Olds High School students were ticketed late last month -- but in a good way. About 70 vehicles were stopped and students in them received positive tickets and information pamphlets on Oct. 25.