Olds News

BOWDEN - Students are learning all about the impact and intricacies of creating a story through a unique, year-long writer-in-residence program underway at Bowden Grandview School.

Olds firefighters who went to Fort McMurray to battle the wildfire there last May and those who stayed behind to keep the local community safe were honoured with awards during the Jan. 23 Olds town council meeting.

Property crime continues to spike in the region with six reports of thefts and break and enters - mainly in the rural areas - during a recent three-day period.

Were you a student in Olds for Canada's Centennial Celebration in 1967? If so, the Albertan wants to talk to you.

A 24-year-old Bowden man is due in court in Red Deer on March 1 in regard to a break-in and a stolen vehicle. Zachariah Shawn Bodman faces three charges in connection with the incident, which occurred Jan. 14.

Rural Olds resident Zachery Latimer won a bronze medal and set two Alberta records in his age and weight class during the Canadian Junior National Olympic-style Weightlifting Championships.

The provincial government's carbon tax could cost the Town of Olds about $28,800. That's the estimate provided by interim chief administrative officer Rick McDonald and the town's chief financial officer Garth Lucas.

A man charged in connection with an incident in which a bullet was fired through a home and into a Bowden apartment building is due back in court late next month.

The Town of Olds will receive some of the money it applied for from the federal government for projects to celebrate Canada's 150th birthday this year.

BOWDEN - Town councillors are calling on the provincial government to fund a comprehensive analysis of the rest stop along Highway 2 (also known as the QE II). Council passed a motion to that effect last week at the suggestion of Coun. Wayne Milaney.