Olds News

People attending a Rural Crime Watch meeting in Olds were given some tips on how to avoid getting fleeced by fraudsters from a Better Business Bureau (BBB) representative.

A two-year research project is about to begin in which volunteers, coordinated by the Olds and District Hospice Society (ODHS), help elderly people stay in their homes longer by enabling them to get - or remain - involved in the community.

A 1.5 per cent increase in property taxes, first projected last December came up for approval yesterday (April 24).

The Olds College (OC) land agent program is accepting first-year students again this fall of 2017 after not accepting them for one year, due to low oil prices.

It's a lot harder for women to leave abusive relationships than people may think, a speaker told a Rural Crime Watch (RCW) meeting in Olds.

Three stop signs were vandalized Monday night (April 17) at an intersection near Ècole Deer Meadow School.

Chinook's Edge School Division has honoured its indigenous student population with the installation of special artwork. The indigenous art installation featured the attendance of Elder Adrian Wolfleg of the Siksika Nation.

An Olds man says a journey he and his wife embarked on in Honduras to help improve the lives of people there was a great success. Brian Johnson and his wife Adeline returned recently from Roatan, an island off the coast of Honduras.

The Baron Tweedsmuir IODE, a local group that runs a second-hand clothing store, will be at the April 24 Olds Council Policies and Priorities meeting to protest a town decision that enabled an Airdrie firm to have the only used clothing bins in the t

The third annual Spring Fling fundraiser for local charities, which takes place this Thursday (April 20) couldn't have come at a better time for the Mountain View County chapter of Habitat For Humanity (MVCHFH), a spokesperson says.