Olds News

Olds town council has proclaimed several events that will take place in Olds. Council proclaimed the month of May as Fair Trade Month.

A public hearing will be held June 25 at 6 p.m. regarding the proposed next phases in development of The Highlands residential area in Olds. Council made that decision during its May 14 meeting.

BOWDEN -- Town councillors have voted to waive a water bill of nearly $2,500 for the new community hall because it's been determined its water meter wasn't operating properly and the hall never used anywhere near that amount of water.

BOWDEN - Two men have approached town council with a plan to set up a medical marijuana production facility just outside of Bowden.

A public hearing for a proposal to build a canola crushing plant in Olds that proponents say could create 55 jobs will be held in council chambers next month.

On May 31, the Olds High School (OHS) student leadership team is hosting a pancake breakfast from 7 to 8:30 a.m. as well as carnival games and a raffle to support the nine schools who lost a student in the April 6 Humboldt Broncos tragedy.

BOWDEN - Town council wants to find a way to make the pickup zone in front of Bowden Grandview School safer for kids, after receiving complaints -- including one from an "irate citizen.

BOWDEN - Town council has passed a bylaw authorizing tax collection to balance its 2018 budget. That bylaw was passed during a May 14 council meeting. The budget itself was approved April 23.

Retired Olds probation officer Bruce Herzog dealt with a lot of personalities over his 30-year career. But one creative-thinking guy sticks out in his mind. "He had been in an actual shootout with the cops.

Local probation officer Bruce Herzog retired this spring after a 30-year career mostly spent in Olds. He started his job in Peace River in January 1983, then moved to Olds about five years later.