Olds News

Olds resident Maureen Gustafson and Olds College chair Leona Staples both won awards during the 11th annual Red Deer & District Community Foundation’s Women of Excellence Award Gala. They were among six Olds and area nominees.

Olds town council presented several members of the fire department with awards for their service to the community during a May 28 meeting . Mayor Michael Muzychka introduced the semi-annual awards.

Two people -- Gordon Cove and Meghan Dear -- have joined the Olds College board of governors.

Five Olds and area women nominated for Central Alberta Women of Excellence awards were honoured during a dinner at Our Flames Restaurant May 28, held by Olds Institute and its Community Lifestyles Committee.

For the second straight year, the Olds Health Care Fundraising Committee (OHCFC), with help from the $100 Club, has set a goal to raise at least $300,000 to improve health care in Olds.

A pancake breakfast organized by the Olds High School (OHS) student leadership team to raise money for schools that lost a student in the April 6 Humboldt Broncos crash was hugely successful, officials say.

The Terra Life Sciences medicinal marijuana facility has completed Phase 1 of its expansion. It held a ribbon cutting May 30 to celebrate that and imminent construction of Phase 2.

Holy Trinity Catholic School students were treated to a series of chemistry demonstrations from MacEwan University professor Lucio Gelmini on May 17.

O-NET, the town-owned Internet, phone and TV service company in Olds, has won an award. It won the Best story: making your community stronger award for a video about O-NET called Driven By Our Community.

BOWDEN - Town council has authorized staff to spend nearly $257,000 to line up to 51 manholes. The idea is to prevent runoff from leaking into them and jacking up the town's sewer bill.