Olds News

The Town of Olds has received $600,000 from the province ñ about half of what it asked for ñ to market O-NET, the town-owned Internet and phone service, to other communities.

A third company is expected to get into the medical marijuana production industry in Olds. Olds town council has given first reading to a bylaw that would help pave the way for Crescent Moon Inc.

Olds council has approved disbursement of $13,150 in profits from the Nu2U thrift store to three organizations in the community.During its Dec.

The 51st annual Kiwanis Fall Auction and other donations raised at least $21,406, smashing the previous record, according to Dean Owen, president of the Kiwanis Club of Olds and District. Owen says the auction itself, held Dec.

Olds town council has approved its 2018 operating budget, capital budget and a multi-year capital plan stretching from 2019 to 2028. They were first introduced during council's priority and planning meeting Nov. 20.

Olds RCMP, local school divisions, the town, the justice department, Alberta Health Services and others are working on a formal protocol outlining how to deal with potential violence in the community.

Students of …cole Deer Meadow School set up a tent and assorted other materials in the school last week to bring awareness of ShelterBox, an international disaster relief organization.

RCMP Cpl. Shawn Morgan is welcoming the reactivation of the Citizens On Patrol (COP) program in Olds. Under that program, local volunteers help police by patrolling the community.

Olds College president Stuart Cullum and the Students'Association of Olds College president Cassidy Kirsch are pleased with the Alberta government's announcement that it's continuing to freeze tuition and fee costs through the 2018-19 academic year.

Mayor Michael Muzychka is disappointed by former Olds Fire Department chief Mike Hoffman's decision to resign. "(It's) a little shocking; a little sad to see him go," Muzychka said during an interview with the Albertan.