Olds News

Country music duo The Lovelocks started their first headlining tour this week and have scheduled a performance in Olds. The band is comprised of fiddler Ali Raney and guitarist Zoe Sparrow, who will play at Tracks Pub on Oct. 21. Showtime is 9 p.m.

Olds Municipal Library is on the hunt for local residents passionate to share their skills with the library board. Candidates are appointed to the board by the Town of Olds and there are five vacancies to be filled.

Officials are investigating the cause of a fire that damaged a detached garage and van parked nearby, as well as some surrounding structures on Hawthorn Way in Olds Sunday night. Firefighters got the call at 7:11 p.m. Sunday.

Local MLAs Jason Nixon and Nathan Cooper say the death of former Alberta premier and member of Parliament Jim Prentice in a plane crash in B.C. on Oct. 14 is a tragic loss for the province.

There's a good chance that a gathering of indigenous youth from the Chinook's Edge School Division (CESD) will be held again next year. The first-ever CESD indigenous youth conference was held in Olds Oct.

This coming weekend, a conference will be held to guide Christians on how best to explain their beliefs to others who don't follow their faith.

Olds Grizzlys head coach Dana Lattery is happy with the way his team played in the annual Alberta Junior Hockey League Showcase Tournament last weekend. The Grizzlys emerged with a 1-1 record in the three-day tournament, which wrapped up Oct. 1.

Olds resident Nicole Schultz finished seventh in the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference (ACAC) golf provincials, according to the ACAC website.

A planting spree at the Olds Hospital and Care Centre, which saw 1,000 tulip bulbs planted to celebrate Canada's 150th birthday went well, according to Shannon Powell, one of the event's organizers.

Kaitlyn Schnell's strategy for guiding her students towards top results on their diploma exams is a simple one – get to know them well.