Olds News

The Olds Regional Exhibition has a new slate of directors.

A cutline (caption) inside a photo on the front page of the June 27 edition of the Albertan contained an error. The child hitting the water balloon is Jameson Clattenburg. The Albertan regrets the error.

BOWDEN ñ With strong indications the town may be heading towards renewed prosperity, Mayor Robb Stuart is going for his third term as mayor.

The council chambers were filled with ceremonial blues last week (June 26) as local firefighters received awards for their years of service with the Olds Fire Department.

Construction on the first of two Habitat for Humanity Mountain View duplexes to be built in east Olds is expected to begin in late July or early August and be completed by Christmas or sooner, officials say.

An exhibition of art created by First Nations artists is now on display at the Olds Municipal Library.

The Everything Olds Information and Entrepreneurship Centre was officially opened June 22.

The Town of Olds ñ through the provincial Environment and Parks ministry and a contractor -- plans to kill the estimated 30,000 to 40,000 goldfish living in the Winter Lake stormwater retention pond because they're deemed to be an environmental risk.

Council has approved the return of $406,325 in loan repayments made by the Olds Institute (OI) to the town, in an attempt to help the organization manage a ìcash flow situationî as it works to consolidate loans over a longer term.