Olds News

BOWDEN ñ A bylaw to govern this fall's municipal election is expected to be passed during council's July 24 meeting. The bylaw received second reading after some debate during council's July 10 gathering. During that debate, Coun.

The Olds Kiwanis Club raised $10,000 for the Mountain View Emergency Shelter Society through a wine survivor contest. Ninety-seven teams of five members each participated in the contest, which ran from mid to late June, raising a total of $9,700.

A warrant has been issued for arrest of an Olds resident facing two fraud-related charges in connection with an allegedly altered prescription.

Municipal Affairs Minister Shaye Anderson's visit to Olds last Wednesday July 12 was part of a provincewide tour of small communities.

Don't leave your pets in your vehicle ñ even for a short time in this heat, the Wild Rose Humane Society (WRHS) says. By late this week, temperatures in Olds are expected to be in the high 20s.

A man has been sentenced in connection with a bullet fired through a home and into an apartment building in Bowden.

When it comes to the new legalized marijuana operations within town limits, questions have swirled around its impact on the high school.

Olds RCMP are still hoping somebody will come forward with information that will help them identify and find the suspects who broke into the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) in Olds on July 3.

A Bowden Institution inmate has been charged by the Calgary Police Service's Sex Crimes Unit in connection with an assault that occurred 20 years ago.

With two businesses in Olds now holding permits for medical marijuana facilities, there are questions about the new industry.The Albertan spoke with some of the players in our area, to piece together a bigger picture of what's going on.