Olds News

The Rotary Club of Olds has been working with town administration to identify space for a local bike skills park, and has now proposed a location adjacent to O.R. Hedges Park, currently owned by the town and designated as urban reserve land.

BOWDEN - No activities were planned in Bowden to celebrate Canada Day this year. Instead, fireworks will be held in Bowden's Centennial Park to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Bowden Bonanza Daze Rodeo, which takes place July 28-30 this year.

About 80 people from across Central Alberta and Calgary attended a workshop in Olds on how to cope with grief and bereavement.

The second annual Olds Beer Festival at the Cow Palace served up suds to some 300 guests last Saturday, tripling last year's attendance, and setting new expectations for years to come.

About 150 people filled the lobby and other rooms in Mount View Lodge last week for the official opening of Rotary Gardens, a green space in the middle of the Olds seniors' facility.

An Olds firefighter has received a 20-year exemplary service medal. Training officer Justin Andrew was presented with that medal during the Alberta Fire Chiefs Association Conference in Red Deer on June 11.

Woman's shawl dance performed for National Aboriginal Day.

Canalta Hotels, which owns the Ramada Inn chain and operates Super 8 Hotels among other properties, is the latest company to sponsor improvements to the new Northwest Athletic Park currently being developed in Olds.

Federal approval for a cultivation licence to grow marijuana means an Airdrie-based company now has funding to break ground on a $110-million facility on a lot in the southeast industrial area of Olds.

Emergency crews responded to a sudden death the night of June 15 in the vicinity of the Sportsplex. The incident was called in at about 11:35 p.m. Olds RCMP Cpl. Michael Black says in this case, ìsudden deathî refers to ìa death that's not expected.