Olds News

Developing Alberta oil, getting it to tidewater and selling it in international markets is a moral question for the world as well as other Canadians, according to United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney.

Mayor Mike Muzychka found a few things in the federal budget that interested him. However, he suspects the Liberal government is saving "the big fireworks" for next year, when an election is scheduled to be held. The budget was presented Feb.

A controversial nutritional supplement speaker's seminar went ahead last week unabated by a social media backlash organizers say was contrived.

Sundial Growers, one of three cannabis producing firms either already locating in Olds or planning to set up shop here, has named a chief commercial officer. He is Andrew Stordeur. His job will be to focus on sales and customer management.

Justice officials say an Olds man facing several sex-related charges is due back in Didsbury provincial court on April 9.

Four Olds and area women have been nominated for Women of Excellence awards for Central Alberta. They are Jody Carrington, Maureen Gustafson, Lucinda Watkins and Lisa Nicholson.

Following are the projects from Olds which received gold, silver or bronze medals or were otherwise recognized during the Mountain View Science and Technology Society's annual science fair, held March 3 at Olds High School.

The provincial government's carbon tax has failed to bring us any goodwill with energy and environmental critics, United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney told an audience in Olds.

BOWDEN – The Town of Bowden is reclaiming a big portion of its land. The province recently approved the annexation of 320 acres of land from Red Deer County that was previously owned by the town.

A Grade 7 École Deer Meadow School student has been named second runner-up and received a silver medal for an unusual science project – Revolutions of Embalming. It's a look at the history and art of embalming.